Questions and answers

Question reference: S5O-00527

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what response it has received to its consultation on the integration of the British Transport Police in Scotland into Police Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-00516

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport last met NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S5W-05066

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many cancelled ScotRail services there have been since 1 January 2016, and what the impact would have been on fares if there had been a 1% reduction in price for each cancellation.

On the period 1 January 2016 to 12 November 2016 we calculate there have been 7,453 cancellations reported to Transport Scotland on ScotRail services, out of approximately 642,800 trains booked to run during this period (1.16%). The ScotRail Franchise contains a Delay Repay scheme which compensates passengers delayed by longer than 30 minutes, including in the event their service is cancelled, resulting in a delay to their journey over this time band.

Question reference: S5W-05067

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a 1% reduction in rail fares each time a ScotRail service is cancelled.

Question reference: S5W-04995

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the information provided on its website in relation to ministerial engagements not including details of means of travel, whether it will list the official engagements that (a) the First Minister and each (b) (i) cabinet secretary and (ii) minister has made since May 2016, broken down by means of travel.

Question reference: S5O-00473

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs are directly and indirectly linked to the pub sector.

Question reference: S5O-00442

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Disability Agenda Scotland, Equal? Still not, why not?.

I welcome the publication of Disability Agenda Scotland’s report which highlights the impact of UKG welfare cuts, barriers to employment, and the stigma and discrimination experienced by disabled people. Last week I published A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People which has five overarching aims to address these issues and achieve a transformational change for disabled people in Scotland.

The Scottish Government also continues to make representations to the UKG on the welfare cuts that negatively impact on people across Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-04907

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of short-term sick leave (under five working days) due to work related stress have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on Abellio ScotRail staff sick leave due to work related stress at that level of detail. At an organisational level, there were 68 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported to us in the first year of the Abellio ScotRail Franchise (1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016). For the current franchise year up to Period 7 (2016 -2017) there have been 29 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported.

Question reference: S5W-04910

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of long-term sick leave (over five working days) due to work related stress have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on Abellio ScotRail staff sick leave due to work related stress at that level of detail. At an organisational level, there were 68 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported to us in the first year of the Abellio ScotRail Franchise (1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016). For the current franchise year up to Period 7 (2016 -2017) there have been 29 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported.

Question reference: S5W-04909

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of long-term sick leave (over five working days) have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

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