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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: S6O-02948

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address any challenges in relation to the accessibility of traditional skills programmes to ensure that young people have access to the same career opportunities.

Question reference: S6W-23436

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is supporting the progress of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

The Scottish Government remains fully committed to supporting Mark Ruskell MSP in progressing his Members’ Bill to reconsideration stage as soon as possible. The Verity House Agreement includes an explicit commitment for Ministers to do this.

Now that the amended United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill has been passed by Parliament, we are preparing suggested amendments to the Members’ Bill to assist.

Question reference: S6W-23437

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with stakeholders regarding the incorporation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government into Scots law, in light of its support for the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-23688

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22410 by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023, within what timescale it will publish the outcome of the work that it is undertaking with NHS boards on national consistency regarding reimbursement policies for electricity costs relating to home dialysis.

Question reference: S6W-23689

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22410 by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023, what data it has on any variation in practice regarding reimbursement policies for electricity costs relating to home dialysis in the financial year (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-23690

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22410 by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023, what the nature is of the activity that it has undertaken with NHS boards to work towards achieving national consistency regarding reimbursement policies for electricity costs relating to home dialysis, in order to ensure that NHS costs are not being passed on to patients.

As outlined in the answer to question S6W-23689 on 19 December 2023, we have surveyed NHS Boards to understand their local policies regarding reimbursement of electricity costs for home dialysis. In addition, input has been given by those responsible for service delivery and stakeholders. We are currently working with health boards to understand how best to achieve national consistency so that patients undergoing home dialysis are protected from the impact of high electricity prices, wherever they live. 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 .

Question reference: S6W-23619

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle economic crime committed against vulnerable older people.

Older people can be particularly vulnerable to being targeted by criminals intent on carrying out fraudulent activity. The Scottish Government is committed to working with partners on the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce (SOCT) to disrupt fraudsters and protect our elderly from being exploited.

The SOCT recently published its Progress Report which highlighted the success of the Banking Protocol. This has prevented the loss of £29 million since its introduction in 2018. The Scottish Government also funds and supports a range of campaigns, and online and in-person workshops, such as ‘ DigiKen ’ which aims to raise awareness of how to stay secure online, and Digital Skills Education , which supports older people on how to spot and avoid scams, and how to protect personal information.

Question reference: S6W-23615

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) chronic pain patients and (b) MSPs are involved in discussions regarding any changes to the Scottish National Pain Management Programme, in light of the service having been established following years of campaigning by patients and a unanimous vote of the Scottish Parliament on 29 May 2013.

Question reference: S6W-23486

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on who the members are that have been appointed to the Pain Management Task Force and each of its sub-committees, in order to provide transparency for the approximately 800,000 people in Scotland experiencing chronic pain regarding any recommendations made on future chronic pain services.

The Scottish Government is working to make information around the development and delivery of chronic pain more publicly available and we are currently reviewing the information on the Scottish Government website. We will be updating the chronic pain webpage to provide information, including membership of the Pain Management Task Force and relevant working groups, on how we are developing and delivering the Pain management service delivery framework: implementation plan update .

Question reference: S6W-23484

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the future of the Scottish National Pain Management Programme, which opened in 2015, is secure at its present site at the Gartnavel Hospital campus in Glasgow, and whether it will clarify the meaning of a "broader range of settings" for the specialist service, in light of action 9 of its Framework for pain management service delivery - implementation plan update.