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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: S5W-34776

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government who it engaged to provide training for civil servants in preparation for their appearance at the Committee on the Scottish Government’s Handling of Harassment Complaints; how much the training cost, and what the content of the training was.

Question reference: S5W-34772

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the deaths related to COVID-19 that occurred in hospitals were care home residents who had been admitted to hospital, broken down by NHS board area.

NRS published one-off analysis in June 2020 regarding deaths of care home residents involving COVID-19 which included deaths in hospital at a Scotland level. In week 20 (week ending 17 th May 2020) there were 154 COVID-19 deaths of people whose usual residence was a care home and who died in hospital. The represents 9.3% of COVID-19 hospital deaths involving people resident in care homes.

The analysis is available here:

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/covid19/covid-deaths-care-home-residents.xlsx .

Question reference: S5W-34389

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 3 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether state aid limits will apply to (a) recent and (b) future grants awarded to businesses under its Strategic Framework Business Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S5F-04772

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2021

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-34770

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce repeated routine testing for COVID-19 for teachers in (a) mainstream and (b) special needs schools.

The Scottish Government is operating a number of pathfinder testing programmes with the aim of delivering a sustainable system of regular asymptomatic testing for staff in a school environment. The pilots are primarily intended to help us rapidly identify and understand any logistical and implementation challenges involved in the different models of testing.

Consideration of options to scale up testing of school staff in all schools in Scotland is ongoing, and will be informed by early learning from these pilots. Regular staff testing is just one potential COVID-19 mitigation in addition to the robust package of measures already in place in schools.

Question reference: S5W-34361

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) GPs, (b) dentists, (c) nurses and (d) other health professionals can give COVID-19 vaccinations.

We have written to Health Boards asking that they secure a daily workforce of c. 1,700 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) vaccinators and c.970 support staff, with a view to delivering 400,000 doses per week by the end of February.

Publication of the National Protocols for COVID-19 Vaccines on 21st January, authorises and enables retired unregistered and returning staff to administer the vaccines. It also extend the groups of healthcare professionals who are authorised to vaccinate, with appropriate education, training and supervision.

More than 8000 vaccinators are currently registered on the vaccination management tool, and at least 640 GP Practices are already actively involved in the programme. We are currently engaging with Health Boards regarding the composition of this workforce.

Question reference: S5W-34362

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of (i) care home residents, (ii) care home staff, (iii) NHS staff, (iv) social care staff and (v) people over 80 have been given a COVID-19 vaccination each week.

Question reference: S5W-34424

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether pharmacies will be involved in the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Yes, Community Pharmacists and members of the pharmacy team can be involved in the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The community pharmacy network across Scotland continue to play a key role in the NHS response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is vital that they ensure that that patients continue to have their medicines safely dispensed and providing accessible healthcare advice through the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service.

Question reference: S5W-34359

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered COVID-19 vaccinators there are in each NHS board area.

Registered Vaccinators (Headcount), Vaccination Management Tool (VMT)
Health Board	22-Jan-21
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	237
NHS Borders	189
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	412
NHS Education for Scotland	2
NHS Fife	206
NHS Forth Valley	372
NHS Grampian	1514
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1527
NHS Highland	607
NHS Lanarkshire	922
NHS Lothian	946
NHS Orkney	57
NHS Shetland	52
NHS Tayside	912
NHS Western Isles	86
Scottish Ambulance Service	269
The Golden Jubilee Hospital	22
The State Hospital	7
Territorial Boards Total	8039
Special Boards* Total	300
Grand Total	8339

This figure represents the number of staff that have completed all mandatory training components, and are registered on the vaccination management tool, by Health Board Area. It does not, however, include all GPs participating in the programme, many of whom are using local systems to record vaccinations.

Data from the VMT is management information, and is subject to change.

Question reference: S5W-34629

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that staff at Ferguson Marine were allowed to arrive at the shipyard immediately after getting off an overseas flight at Edinburgh Airport and were not made to self-isolate, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.