Questions and answers

Question reference: S6O-00089

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the impact parental smoking has on child poverty.

Question reference: S6W-01500

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01033 by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021, what is meant by "certain infectious and parasitic diseases."

Causes of death are categorised using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10 th Revision (ICD-10). A link to this classification is available here: ICD-10 Version:2019 (who.int)

For more detail on what is mean by “certain infectious and parasitic diseases” please refer to the following page of the online ICD-10 manual.

ICD-10 Version:2019 (who.int)

Question reference: S6W-01499

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01033 by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021, for what reason influenza, pneumonia and other infectious diseases were not included in the figures provided.

Causes of death are categorised using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10 th Revision (ICD-10). A link to this classification is available here:CD-10 Version:2019 (who.int)

Influenza and pneumonia fall under chapter X “Diseases of the respiratory system” in ICD-10 rather than chapter I “Certain infectious and parasitic diseases”. Deaths from ‘Diseases of the respiratory system’ are shown in the following table .

For a full breakdown of all causes of death categorised within ICD-10, please refer to chapter 6 of the Vital Events Reference Tables published by National Records of Scotland.

List of Data Tables | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk)

Table 1. Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system

ICD10 Summary list	Cause of death		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019


J00-99	X. Diseases of the respiratory system	M	3,522	3,373	3,137	3,221	3,057
J00-99	X. Diseases of the respiratory system	F	4,147	3,923	3,717	3,907	3,495
J09-11	Influenza	M	42	42	55	145	75
J09-11	Influenza	F	52	37	81	216	82
J12-18	Pneumonia	M	863	789	752	748	714
J12-18	Pneumonia	F	1,070	1,011	983	922	840
J40-47	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	M	1,575	1,508	1,518	1,495	1,452
J40-47	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	F	1,937	1,930	1,931	1,974	1,831
J45-46	Asthma	M	35	41	33	34	32
J45-46	Asthma	F	87	92	93	80	66

Question reference: S6W-01631

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the £60 million that it committed to renewing every play park in Scotland during the current parliamentary session will be distributed to local authorities, and what mechanism will be used to determine the resources that will be allocated to each local authority.

Question reference: S6W-01034

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people died of food poisoning in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S6W-01161

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 19 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many children aged under 16, who went missing in 2019, were still missing a year later.

Question reference: S6W-01033

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people died of infectious diseases in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by disease.

The number of people who died of infectious diseases in each of the last five years are shown in the following table. These figures are available on the NRS website up to 2019. Data for 2020 will be published on 17 August 2021. This data can be accessed at: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/vital-events-ref-tables/2019/vital-events-19-ref-tabs-6.xlsx

ICD10 Summary list	Cause of death		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019


A00-B99	I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 1	M	340	343	299	333	332
A00-B99	I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 1	F	415	410	387	400	357
A15-19, B90	Tuberculosis	M	11	17	14	16	18
A15-19, B90	Tuberculosis	F	10	9	7	11	4
A39	Meningococcal infection	M	3	2	-	2	2
A39	Meningococcal infection	F	2	2	1	1	3
B15-19	Viral hepatitis	M	40	18	19	12	15
B15-19	Viral hepatitis	F	13	11	9	5	8
B20-24	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	M	10	19	6	9	12
B20-24	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	F	2	5	-	4	-

Question reference: S6W-01001

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used when distributing the Bus Partnership Fund.

Proposals to the Bus Partnership Fund were scored against the following criteria, which were published when the Fund opened on 9 November 2020:

Evidence of congestion and ideas to reduce congestion, through improved emissions (25%)
Partnership strength and demonstrated commitment, which will include match in kind (20%)
Deliverability: the ability of the lead local authority and its partners to deliver the proposed developments, including local political buy-in (15%)
bus services (40%)
How the proposal fits with the partnership area’s overall strategy for integrated transport, to encourage a modal shift from cars to more sustainable transport and reduce

Question reference: S6W-00987

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 7 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding reported plans to reduce universal credit payments by £1,040 a year, in light of concerns that this may lead to a return to austerity.

The Scottish Government has written to the UK Government on six occasions in order to urge them to retain the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit, and also extend it to people on legacy benefits, such as Jobseeker’s Allowance.

The Scottish Government also published analysis in June , showing that if the UK Government proceeds with their plan to withdraw the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit in September it could cut social security payments in Scotland by over £460 million per year by 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-00986

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on green ports in Scotland.

The Scottish Government has been ready for some time to press ahead with the process to establish green ports. Despite our commitment to moving forward in partnership, the UK Government has failed to engage with us to publish a joint applicant prospectus. We have also yet to receive formal agreement from the UK Government about designating two green ports in Scotland, and that each will be able to access the same amount of seed capital funding as each freeport in England.

As a result, the Scottish Government is now inviting notes of interest from potential green port bidders in Scotland. This exercise will allow us to gauge interest for the development of green port policy in Scotland and will provide an indication of the geography and sectors likely to benefit. The notes of interest invited will be based on the content of the abridged draft applicant prospectus, published on the Scottish Government website in March, which also signposted the reserved offer available to all freeports in England. Further information on the call for notes of interest is available on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/policies/cities-regions/green-ports/

I have written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to set out the Scottish Government’s proposed next steps for delivering this policy and intend to hold a stakeholder engagement session on the 30 th of June.

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