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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S6W-33275

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 28 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25979 by Natalie Don on 14 March 2024, how (a) many families have received support and (b) much Whole Family Wellbeing Funding has been spent to date, broken down by local authority area.

Whole Family Wellbeing Funding continues to be provided by the Scottish Government to deliver transformational change to improve holistic family support so that families get the right support, in the right way and at the right time. By the end of this financial year the Scottish Government expects to have invested over £110m across financial years 2022-23 - 2024-25. This includes £96m provided directly to Children's Service Planning Partnerships (through the General Revenue Grant) to build local service capacity and transform family support services at the local level. CSPPs have responsibility for deciding how to spend their allocation and do so in a variety of ways in line with set criteria. We do not hold figures of how many families have received support via WFWF funded activity, but examples of how CSPPs are spending their allocations can be found in our Evaluation of year 1 activity which was published on 31 January 2024 (https://www.gov.scot/publications/whole-family-wellbeing-funding-wfwf-year-1-process-evaluation-final-report/) and CSPP annual reports published at a local level.

Despite the tight fiscal position, we have once again protected our £50m investment for 2025-26. This investment will ensure that CSPP allocations will remain the same as 2024-25 protecting the good work already being delivered. The following table provides a breakdown of the distribution to date of funding per Local Authority. The allocations for 2025-26 will be published in due course.

Local Authority	2022-23 Allocation (£m)	2023-24 Allocation (£m)	2024-25 Allocation (£m)
Aberdeen City	1.025	1.029	1.028
Aberdeenshire	1.464	1.467	1.463
Angus	0.657	0.654	0.647
Argyll and Bute	0.439	0.438	0.422
City of Edinburgh	2.199	2.201	2.234
Clackmannanshire	0.337	0.337	0.341
Dumfries and Galloway	0.917	0.917	0.902
Dundee City	0.894	0.893	0.954
East Ayrshire	0.832	0.833	0.825
East Dunbartonshire	0.471	0.473	0.478
East Lothian	0.579	0.583	0.590
East Renfrewshire	0.492	0.495	0.484
Falkirk	0.923	0.921	0.937
Fife	2.289	2.288	2.290
Glasgow City	4.666	4.663	4.594
Highland	1.420	1.417	1.353
Inverclyde	0.423	0.421	0.479
Midlothian	0.535	0.540	0.565
Moray	0.546	0.545	0.524
Na h-Eileanan Siar	0.161	0.159	0.156
North Ayrshire	0.959	0.954	0.954
North Lanarkshire	2.351	2.346	2.281
Orkney Islands	0.132	0.133	0.129
Perth and Kinross	0.805	0.806	0.811
Renfrewshire	0.988	0.986	1.009
Scottish Borders	0.668	0.669	0.661
Shetland Islands	0.158	0.157	0.146
South Ayrshire	0.604	0.603	0.608
South Lanarkshire	1.827	1.835	1.868
Stirling	0.495	0.493	0.476
West Dunbartonshire	0.604	0.602	0.621
West Lothian	1.140	1.143	1.150

Variations in allocations are due to data refreshes to reflect population movement.

In addition, East Lothian received £1863.00 2022-23 and £164.5k in 2023-24 for collaborative planning support and provide local learning that can be shared nationally.

Question reference: S6O-04278

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is collaborating with third sector organisations regarding the provision of mental health, wellbeing and emotional support in schools.

Question reference: S6W-32550

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent as part of the Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund, in each year since 2018.

Question reference: S6W-32443

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 9 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2025-26 Budget statement on 4 December 2024, how it plans to fund third sector organisations through the Children and Young People’s Early Intervention Fund in 2025-26.

The Scottish Government is committed to delivering vital public services and supporting our third sector but continues to face the most challenging financial situation since devolution.

The 2025-26 draft budget, which will be subject to the approval of the Parliament, included an allocation for the Children, Young People, Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning and Empowering Communities (CYPFEI & ALEC) and Children, Young People, Families and Adult Learners (CYPFAL) third sector funds.

Question reference: S6W-32551

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 9 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work with the Care Inspectorate to develop and undertake a thematic review of the support in place for those leaving care, including housing and accommodation.

In response to the recommendations of the Improving Care Leavers Housing Pathways CELCIS Knowledge Bank: Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway report, the Scottish Government commissioned the Care Inspectorate to undertake a thematic review of the experiences of young people in and leaving care in Scotland.

The thematic review was completed between April and October 2024, and a final report Care experienced young people thematic review was published on 5 November 2024. The report was complemented by the publication of ‘key messages’ for the sector and the Care Inspectorate hosted a webinar for practitioners, managers and stakeholders to discuss learning from the thematic review in December 2024.

We will consider the ‘Considerations for future practice’ identified through the thematic review as part of our wider evidence base which will help us develop policies to ensure that all eligible young people can equally and consistently benefit from the best support for their individual needs.

Question reference: S6O-04210

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with local authorities to address road improvements.

Question reference: S6W-32547

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2024
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 January 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport on 21 November 2024, how it plans to progress plans for a National Social Work Agency, and what timetable for parliamentary scrutiny it plans to propose.

Plans for a National Social Work Agency and Proposed Timetable

We remain committed to the establishment of a National Social Work Agency by the end of the parliamentary term, 2025–26 in order to address the issues affecting this important workforce. A final decision has yet to be taken on the form and structure of the agency, following which we can update Parliament.

Our partners and stakeholders, including COSLA, and the social work workforce are supportive of establishing a National Social Work Agency and are engaged in its development.

Question reference: S6O-04015

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the progress towards implementing the key priority areas highlighted in its Stroke Improvement Plan 2023.

Question reference: S6W-30927

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 15 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30466 by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 October 2024, whether it will provide a precise timetable for the introduction of the proposed The Promise Bill.

The Government’s future legislative programmes will be announced in the relevant Programme for Government in the normal way.

The Scottish Government is committed to keep The Promise by 2030 and has recently set out further detail on activity underway in our Promise Implementation Plan Update 2024: Keeping The Promise to our children, young people and families: progress update 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). This includes a continued commitment to introduce a Promise Bill by the end of this parliamentary session, dependent on wider pressures on the Parliamentary legislative calendar.

We are currently conducting a number of consultations which will inform the next steps on key areas and, where appropriate to inform The Promise Bill.

This includes the next stages of reform of the children’s hearing system; the future of foster care; the definition of care experience; and the support available to those moving on from care.

Question reference: S6O-03977

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the reported potential withdrawal of levelling up funding for the city of Dunfermline and any economic impact this may have.