- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what powers the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park has to limit the use of jet skis on Loch Lomond.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02280 on 7 September 2021. 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the law in relation to the management of seagulls.
Answer
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 requires that all wild birds are protected. NatureScot has responsibility for the issuing of General Licences under Section 16(1) of the Act, which authorise the killing and taking of certain wild birds including their eggs for one or more of several reasons including public health and safety.
NatureScot held a consultation on General Licences between August and October 2019. Following this consultation, they removed several species, including herring, lesser black-backed and great black-backed gulls, from the 2020 General Licences either on the basis that there was insufficient evidence of the damage they caused; there are other alternative non-lethal solutions; or there are conservation concerns over their population status. Although some species have been removed, authorised persons will still be able to apply to NatureScot for a specific licence to control them or undertake lethal control, including nest and egg destruction.
The Scottish Government does not plan to review the law in relation to the management of seagulls because it is viewed as striking the correct balance between preserving public health and conserving the species.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many jet ski owners have had enforcement action taken against them in each year since the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established, broken down by the nature of the enforcement.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-02280 on 7 September 2021. 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: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Scottish COVID-19 vaccination certificates are reportedly not being accepted in Norway, and what action it will take to rectify this.
Answer
We are aware of the specific issue in which Norway decided to allow fully vaccinated visitors from the UK but only if their record of vaccination had a QR code. On 3 September 2021 we introduced QR codes to vaccination status records. People from Scotland, who are fully vaccinated, are now able to travel to Norway without requiring to quarantine for 10 days. People can either download or request a paper copy of their vaccination status from NHS Inform or call the Freephone Helpline 0808 196 8565.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many school age children there are in each local authority area, also broken down by how many have been provided with laptops or tablet computers in the last year.
Answer
The following table shows how many school-aged children are in each local authority (as at September 2020) and how many devices have been distributed by councils using the £25m digital inclusion funding made available by Scottish Government in 2020-21. Local authorities across Scotland have a range of approaches to provision of technology in schools, including some councils who have undertaken to provide cohorts of their school population with devices using their own budgets. We do not hold information centrally on those local digital inclusion schemes, therefore, the table below only shows devices distributed through the funding made available by Scottish Government in 2020-21.
Local Authority | Pupils (as at September 2020) | Devices Distributed |
Aberdeen City | 23,695 | 1,777 |
Aberdeenshire | 36,317 | 5,008 |
Angus | 15,263 | 2,420 |
Argyll & Bute | 10,167 | 1,317 |
City of Edinburgh | 51,958 | 2,605 |
Clackmannanshire | 6,661 | 828 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 18,682 | 2,371 |
Dundee City | 18,347 | 2,050 |
East Ayrshire | 16,223 | 1,837 |
East Dunbartonshire | 17,304 | 1,015 |
East Lothian | 14,882 | 1,806 |
East Renfrewshire | 17,392 | 623 |
Falkirk | 21,926 | 1,840 |
Fife | 50,287 | 5,465 |
Glasgow City | 70,406 | 7,240 |
Highland | 30,826 | 4,499 |
Inverclyde | 9,811 | 1,107 |
Midlothian | 13,458 | 1,235 |
Moray | 12,114 | 1,315 |
Na h-Eileanan Siar | 3,328 | 357 |
North Ayrshire | 18,061 | 1,734 |
North Lanarkshire | 49,232 | 6,026 |
Orkney Islands | 2,804 | 275 |
Perth & Kinross | 18,197 | 1,507 |
Renfrewshire | 23,845 | 1,800 |
Scottish Borders | 14,478 | 316 |
Shetland Islands | 3,289 | 475 |
South Ayrshire | 14,267 | 1,512 |
South Lanarkshire | 45,091 | 5,544 |
Stirling | 12,747 | 1,794 |
West Dunbartonshire | 12,522 | 2,084 |
West Lothian | 27,449 | 2,905 |
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Scotland | 701,029 | 72,687 |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the latest advice is for immunosuppressed people who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, and whether this group has the same level of immunity to COVID-19 as non-immunosuppressed people who have received two vaccine doses.
Answer
All the UK governments receive their expert clinical advice from the JCVI and the Committee has been closely monitoring the situation, in regard to this cohort of people.
The Scottish Government are waiting for formal advice on this issue from the JCVI and any recommendation made by the Committee will be promptly implemented in Scotland.
The Committee are fully aware of the potential sub-optimal response to two doses of the vaccine by some immunosuppressed individuals and that’s why they recommended that these groups of people should be given highest priority for a booster programme in the autumn.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address any workforce issues within NHS podiatry care.
Answer
The Scottish Government is aware of the potential for workforce issues to arise within NHS podiatry services. The Government is currently gathering data to support information from a range of sources. Early findings suggest the possible requirement to increase the education and training routes available for professional and support roles to offset future retirements and to allow expansion and development of innovative delivery models. These issues will be examined in more detail in the current AHP Education Review.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether all of the women who were identified in December 2020 as having been wrongfully excluded from the cervical screening programme and who subsequently developed cervical cancer, or their families, have been informed about the error and if (a) so, by what date they were told and (b) not, what proportion has yet to be advised, and by what date this information will be conveyed.
Answer
As I noted in my statement to Parliament on 24 June, a single NHS Board first discovered in December 2020 that a small number of women who had subtotal hysterectomies had been wrongly excluded from the cervical screening programme and subsequently developed cervical cancer. All affected individuals or their families were directly contacted on 15 April 2021 by their NHS Board.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to include a QR code on Scottish COVID-19 vaccination certificates, similar to certificates in England and elsewhere in the EU.
Answer
On Friday 3 September 2021 a QR code was included as part of the vaccination status letter. People travelling abroad can request their vaccination status online via NHS Inform or call the Freephone Helpline.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Kate Forbes on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on fuel for ministerial cars in each of the last five years.
Answer
Jackie Ballie MSP (Scottish Labour- Dumbarton): To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on fuel for ministerial cars in each of the last five years.
The following table provides a breakdown of fuel expenditure for the Government Car Service since 2016.
Year | Total fuel spend |
16-17 | £75,277 |
17-18 | £78,276 |
18-19 | £101,360 |
19-20 | £80,812 |
20-21 | £26,760 |