- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Diabetes UK’s call for new national targets to aim for 100% of children and 70% of adults with type 1 diabetes to be using hybrid closed loop technology by 2030, as set out in its report, Diabetes Tech Can’t Wait.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-27895 on 28 May 2024. The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that everyone living with diabetes can access the care that they need to live their lives well. This includes increasing access to diabetes technologies.
Between 2016 and 2022, we invested £29.6 million of additional funding to support the increased provision of diabetes technologies.
I am delighted to confirm that this financial year, £8.8 million of funding will be made available to expand access to diabetes technologies in Scotland. The focus will primarily be on providing access to all children that want Closed Loop Systems, but will also allow us to continue increasing access to adults.
This investment will allow us to continue developing innovative care models for diabetes in Scotland that have a focus on digital pathways and peer support.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to provide NHS boards with any additional funding towards the roll-out of new diabetes technologies in 2024-25, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-27895 on 28 May 2024. The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that everyone living with diabetes can access the care that they need to live their lives well. This includes increasing access to diabetes technologies.
Between 2016 and 2022, we invested £29.6 million of additional funding to support the increased provision of diabetes technologies.
I am delighted to confirm that this financial year, £8.8 million of funding will be made available to expand access to diabetes technologies in Scotland. The focus will primarily be on providing access to all children that want Closed Loop Systems, but will also allow us to continue increasing access to adults.
This investment will allow us to continue developing innovative care models for diabetes in Scotland that have a focus on digital pathways and peer support.
All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any so-called postcode lottery in accessing diabetes technologies in different NHS board areas, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
Answer
The Scottish Government role is to provide frameworks, policies, and resources to enable Scotland’s NHS Boards to deliver healthcare services that meet the needs of their local populations.
The treatment and care of patients is a matter for each individual NHS Board and its for them to determine how they use the resources provided by the Scottish Government to meet the needs and priorities of their local population.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Funding Council monitors the efficacy of funding awarded to universities from the University Innovation Fund.
Answer
The efficacy of the University Innovation Fund (UIF) has been monitored by the Scottish Funding Council through the submission of annual progress reports, managed through the SFC Outcome Agreement process. The SFC Knowledge Exchange metric return and HESA Higher Education and Business Interaction survey has also been used as indicators of performance against knowledge exchange activity metrics, with the latest data indicating that the UIF has enabled at least 24,000 interactions with Scottish businesses and helped generate KE&I income of over £755M. (SFC KE metric return 22-23.)
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the University Innovation Fund in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
The Scottish Government, through the Scottish Funding Council, has invested over £120mil in the University Innovation Fund since 2016 to support universities to work collaboratively to exploit their research to improve Scotland’s economy. Funding allocations for universities for each academic year are managed through the Scottish Funding Council and made publicly available on the SFC’s website, accessible here: University Indicative Funding Allocations 2024-25 - Scottish Funding Council (sfc.ac.uk)
University Innovation Fund for AYs 2016-17 to 2023-24 |
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| | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | |
Total | 12,240,000 | 12,240,000 | 18,678,000 | 13,458,000 | 13,705,000 | 15,106,000 | 15,347,000 | 20,847,000 | |
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes are currently using (a) insulin pumps, (b) continuous or flash glucose monitors and (c) hybrid closed loop systems, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
Not all the information requested is held centrally.
Some information on the percentage of people using glucose monitors and other diabetes technologies can be found in the Scottish Diabetes Survey, which provides an annual summary of key issues and trends in diabetes care and treatment in Scotland. The Survey provides annual data going back to 2004 and can be found here: https://www.diabetesinscotland.org.uk/publications/#survey-docs.
The next iteration of the Survey, covering data for 2023, will be published later this year.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to re-examine the installation of a fixed link between the Isle of Mull and the mainland, as originally proposed in the option appraisal for the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
Answer
Investigation of potential fixed link connections (bridges, causeways and/or tunnels) between Mull and the Scottish mainland forms part of STPR2 recommendation 41. Details on why a fixed link to Mull is part of this recommendation can be accessed at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/52545/recommendation-41-potential-sound-of-harris-sound-of-barra-fixed-link-and-fixed-link-between-mull-and-scottish-mainland.pdf
The STPR2 recommendation notes, that further work is undertaken on business cases to better understand the benefits, costs and challenges associated with these options. These studies would further consider the feasibility of improving island connectivity through additional fixed links by replacing existing ferry services currently delivered by CalMac Ferries Ltd as part of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) contract.
These studies would also analyse in further detail the potential long term savings associated with the public sector funding required to maintain the ferry services and would involve input from communities that may potentially be affected.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the universities that received funding from the University Innovation Fund in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
Funding allocations for individual universities for each academic year are managed through the SFC. Allocations are made publicly available on the SFC’s website, accessible here: University Indicative Funding Allocations 2024-25 - Scottish Funding Council (sfc.ac.uk)
University Innovation Fund for AYs 2016-17 to 2023-24 |
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| | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Institution | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
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Aberdeen, University of | 1,235,000 | 1,235,000 | 1,885,000 | 1,358,000 | 1,383,000 | 1,524,000 | 1,538,000 | 2,261,000 |
Abertay University | 295,000 | 295,000 | 450,000 | 324,000 | 330,000 | 364,000 | 367,000 | 400,000 |
Dundee, University of | 771,000 | 771,000 | 1,177,000 | 848,000 | 864,000 | 952,000 | 961,000 | 1,344,000 |
Edinburgh Napier University | 484,000 | 484,000 | 738,000 | 532,000 | 542,000 | 597,000 | 603,000 | 775,000 |
Edinburgh, University of | 1,397,000 | 1,397,000 | 2,132,000 | 1,536,000 | 1,564,000 | 1,724,000 | 1,740,000 | 2,582,000 |
Glasgow Caledonian University | 362,000 | 362,000 | 552,000 | 398,000 | 405,000 | 446,000 | 450,000 | 533,000 |
Glasgow School of Art | 293,000 | 293,000 | 447,000 | 322,000 | 328,000 | 362,000 | 365,000 | 397,000 |
Glasgow, University of | 1,409,000 | 1,409,000 | 2,150,000 | 1,549,000 | 1,578,000 | 1,739,000 | 1,755,000 | 2,606,000 |
Heriot-Watt University | 584,000 | 584,000 | 891,000 | 642,000 | 654,000 | 721,000 | 728,000 | 973,000 |
Highlands and Islands, University of the | 610,000 | 610,000 | 931,000 | 671,000 | 683,000 | 753,000 | 760,000 | 1,024,000 |
Open University in Scotland | 251,000 | 251,000 | 383,000 | 276,000 | 281,000 | 310,000 | 313,000 | 314,000 |
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 350,000 | 350,000 | 534,000 | 385,000 | 392,000 | 432,000 | 436,000 | 509,000 |
Robert Gordon University | 434,000 | 434,000 | 662,000 | 477,000 | 486,000 | 536,000 | 541,000 | 676,000 |
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | 257,000 | 257,000 | 393,000 | 283,000 | 288,000 | 317,000 | 320,000 | 325,000 |
SRUC | 1,042,000 | 1,042,000 | 1,591,000 | 1,146,000 | 1,167,000 | 1,286,000 | 1,298,000 | 1,879,000 |
St Andrews, University of | 612,000 | 612,000 | 934,000 | 673,000 | 685,000 | 755,000 | 762,000 | 1,028,000 |
Stirling, University of | 416,000 | 416,000 | 634,000 | 457,000 | 465,000 | 513,000 | 518,000 | 640,000 |
Strathclyde, University of | 1,124,000 | 1,124,000 | 1,715,000 | 1,236,000 | 1,259,000 | 1,388,000 | 1,401,000 | 2,043,000 |
West of Scotland, University of the | 314,000 | 314,000 | 479,000 | 345,000 | 351,000 | 387,000 | 491,000 | 538,000 |
Total | 12,240,000 | 12,240,000 | 18,678,000 | 13,458,000 | 13,705,000 | 15,106,000 | 15,347,000 | 20,847,000 |
(3) The allocations for 2018-19 include an additional £5.2M arising from Barnett consequentials that became available after allocations were originally announced. |
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the University Innovation Fund were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each year since 2016-17.
Answer
The University Innovation Fund is one of the Scottish Funding Council’s core grants designed to support research and knowledge exchange activity across all institutions and is allocated according to a formula developed in consultation with the sector. Therefore Scotland’s 19 universities have received funding each academic year since 2016-17 through the UIF. Individual funding allocations for universities for each academic year are managed through the Scottish Funding Council and made publicly available on the SFC’s website, accessible here: University Indicative Funding Allocations 2024-25 - Scottish Funding Council (sfc.ac.uk)
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether any repair work has been required on the 16 R100 subsea cables to Scottish islands, broken down by (a) year and (b) cost of repair.
Answer
The BT Subsea Team has confirmed that there have been no recorded faults or repairs required to the R100 subsea cables to Scottish islands since deployment in 2022.
