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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: S5O-02853

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken in the last year regarding the provision of training for teachers and staff to support pupils with mental health issues.

Question reference: S5W-20976

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers have received mental health first aid training in each year since 2014, and whether the grant provided to local authorities for this purpose covers the cost of supply staff while teachers attend training.

Information on the total number of teachers trained each year in Mental Health First Aid is not currently available. This is because, in addition to the training supported by Education Scotland, training can also be delivered by other organisations, to teaching and other school staff.

The overall number of teachers who have received the training supported by Education Scotland can be obtained from NHS Health Scotland.

Education Scotland is currently undertaking an audit of the number of teachers and school staff in all local authorities that have undergone the training in order to identify future Career-Long Professional Learning requirements.

The grant provided by Education Scotland can be used by the local authorities to cover the cost of supply staff.

Question reference: S5W-20699

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the police by Forestry Commission Scotland in each year since 2008 to remove sheep from land owned by the agency, and how many sheep were removed using lethal control.

Please see below the number of applications made to Police Scotland by Forest Enterprise Scotland for the removal of sheep and the number of sheep subsequently removed from Scotland’s National Forest Estate:

Year	Applications Made	No. of Sheep Removed
2008	0	0
2009	0	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	0	0
2013	0	0
2014	0	0
2015	0	0
2016	0	0
2017	2	51
2018	2	222
2019	0	20*

* associated with an application approved by Police Scotland in 2017.

Following consultation with the Scottish Government, the Animal and Plant Welfare Agency, Police Scotland, the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer and the National Farmers Union of Scotland, FES introduced new guidance to staff in 2016.

The Guidance accompanied a Memorandum of Understanding between FES and Police Scotland which identifies how FES can act to assist Police Scotland deal with legally trespassing sheep on Scotland’s National Forest Estate which are classed as ‘lost and abandoned property’ and are the responsibility of the Chief Constable.

Question reference: S5O-02804

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether HMP Inverness exceeded prisoner capacity in 2018.

Question reference: S5W-20620

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the members' business debate on motion S5M-14643 on 27 November 2018, whether it will clarify whether patients will be allowed to give evidence to the inquiry regarding NHS Highland that is being carried out by John Sturrock QC.

Question reference: S5O-02750

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the affordability for patients of using bedside televisions in hospitals.

Question reference: S5F-02899

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will acknowledge the people from across the country who will be working over the festive period to keep Scotland going.

Question reference: S5W-20262

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors and reviews the implementation by NHS boards of each recommendation in the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of autistic people through the implementation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

Integration Authorities are responsible for the strategic planning and decision making for all functions delegated to them, including autism services, in line with their statutory responsibilities under the Public Bodies (Scotland) Act (2014).

The Scottish Strategy for Autism: outcomes and priorities 2018-2021 was published in March 2018 and is available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-strategy-autism-outcomes-priorities-2018-2021

As part of this update, an Autism Strategy Review Group has been established to review and monitor progress in achieving the priorities and outcomes.

Question reference: S5W-20263

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Highland regarding the Scottish Strategy for Autism, and what its position is on whether that NHS board has implemented each of the strategy’s recommendations.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of autistic people through the implementation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

The refreshed outcomes and priorities document published in March this year is available from the following link:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-strategy-autism-outcomes-priorities-2018-2021/

The Scottish Government has not had discussions with NHS Highland in recent months on the implementation of their local autism strategy.

Question reference: S5W-20009

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has received from the additional £50 million of funding to reduce waiting times that was announced in May 2017.

On 30 May 2017 NHS Boards were allocated their share of the 50 million to help reduce waiting times for 2017-18 financial year. This funding was allocated through the NHS Resource Allocation Formula (NRAC). NHS Boards were allocated similar additional funding in May 2018 applying the same formula for the financial year of 2018-19.

The following table sets out the funding allocation by Health Board in May 2017.

Board	Funding
Ayrshire and Arran	£3.7 million
Borders	£1.1 million
Dumfries and Galloway	£1.5 million
Fife	£3.4 million
Forth Valley	£2.7 million
Grampian	£4.9 million
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£11.2 million
Highland	£3.2 million
Lanarkshire	£6.2 million
Lothian	£7.4 million
Orkney	£0.2 million
Shetland	£0.2 million
Tayside	£3.9 million
Western Isles	£0.3 million