- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-15581 by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2023, in relation to the £193,000 funding, whether this was funding for (a) 2022-23 or (b) 2023-24; whether it meets all project costs for 2022-23, and whether it includes (i) revenue, (ii) capital and (iii) salary costs.
Answer
The costs reported are for 2022-23 and they cover all project costs for that year. Costs are mainly salary related, but they are capitalised as they are part of a capital investment project.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
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Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to end any long shift patterns of its staff, in light of the findings of the article published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, Night shift work and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort.
Answer
The Scottish Government has reviewed the article Night shift work and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort and notes its findings.
As an employer we adopt Fair Work practices and we take the health, safety and wellbeing of our staff very seriously including ensuring appropriate breaks and periods of rest and annual leave, as well as having a right to disconnect policy.
The typical working arrangements for staff in the Scottish Government is flexible working hours (within the hours of 7am to 7pm) with a full time working day equating to 7 hours 24 minutes.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11906 by Shona Robison on 18 November 2022, whether it will provide an update on the status of each of the recommendations, broken down by each action from the review in (a) October 2021 and (b) July 2022.
Answer
Of the fifteen gateway review recommendations for the period the question relates to, eleven are complete and four are ongoing.
A table has been placed has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (BIB number 64087). The table details the recommendation and the status against each individually at this present time.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commission research into private rented sector landlord exits, using the methodology described by BuiltPlace in its February 2023 Market Commentary, dated 1 March 2023, of comparing sale and Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data by Unique Property Reference Number.
Answer
The Scottish Government has no plans to commission such research.
The BuiltPlace article itself refers to the methodology being “limited in multiple ways”.
The Scottish Government set out in response to question on 22 May 2022 how it monitors the size of the private rented sector using data from the Scottish Landlord Register.
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: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding any lessons that can be learned regarding cancer prevention in Scotland, to the article, Night shift work and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort, in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
Answer
The Scottish Government has reviewed the article Night shift work and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort and notes its findings.
We strongly encourage all employers to adopt Fair Work practices and apply a flexible approach regarding continuous and prolonged night shift working to protect the health and wellbeing of the workforce.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-14992 and S6W-14994 by Shona Robison on 7 March 2023, whether it will publish (a) the initial recommendations and (b) its response to Freedom of Information request FOI/202300342482, and what its reasons are for not doing so to date.
Answer
FOI/202300342482 asked for the interim recommendations of the Temporary Accommodation Task and Finish Group, and the date these were received.
The response to FOI/202300342482, which included a copy of the interim recommendations, was issued to the requester on 7 March 2023 within the 20 working day timeframe. After completing the necessary pre-publication process, the FOI was published on the Scottish Government website on 16 March 2023 and can be accessed here .
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it allocated from the Young Patients Family Fund to each NHS board in 2022-23, and what its proposed allocations are for 2023-24.
Answer
In 2022-23 the Scottish Government has provided £2,259,987 to NHS Boards as set out in the following table.
Health board | Allocated funding |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 51,173 |
NHS Borders | 3,396 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 23,671 |
NHS Fife | 62,140 |
NHS Forth Valley | 69,699 |
NHS Grampian | 134,755 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 1,064,440 |
NHS Highland | 42,975 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 80,820 |
NHS Lothian | 434,077 |
NHS Orkney | 23,672 |
NHS Shetland | 63,172 |
NHS Tayside | 205,997 |
NHS Western Isles | 0 |
The Young Patients Family Fund is a demand-led budget, and as with previous years, the Scottish Government will provide allocations to NHS Boards in 2023-24 based on amounts claimed, subject to relevant checks.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Young Patients Family Fund it has spent in 2022-23 to date.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-16005 on 25 March 2023. 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: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will receive the Young Patients Family Fund expenditure figures from NHS boards detailing expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses.
Answer
We ask for this information as part of routine monitoring of implementation of the Young Patient’s Family Fund and anticipate having this detail available at the end of the financial year. NHS Boards reported spend in these categories for 2021-22 and we are committed to working with Boards to develop a robust reporting process.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up rate of the Warm Home Discount is amongst the Broader Group.
Answer
The value of the rebate and total value of the scheme in Scotland was established in regulations approved by the Westminster Parliament. The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk) .
Information about the number of rebates provided by the scheme is published as an annual report by Ofgem, the independent regulator. Warm Home Discount (WHD) - Reports and data | Ofgem Further information about delivery of the 22-23 Warm Home Discount scheme has not yet been provided to the Scottish Government.