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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-10306

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to buying a Scotland-wide licence for ClimateView's ClimateOS tool to provide local authorities with a consistent and supported platform for the development of area-wide emission-reduction plans.

The Scottish Government is committed to continue working closely with local authorities in tackling the global climate emergency. Local authorities are independent corporate bodies with their own powers and responsibilities and are entirely separate from the Scottish Government. As long as they act lawfully, it is up to each local authority how it manages its day-to-day business and decision making processes. This includes decision making around which carbon accounting tools to use.

The award of public contracts is regulated by law. Any future awarding of Scottish Government contracts for carbon accounting tools would be subject to open and genuine competition, including adequate publication of the contract opportunity, in line with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Question reference: S6W-10296

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the average spend per patient in alcohol and drug services has been in each year since 1999, broken down by local partnership.

It is not possible to provide this information due to the complexity of monitoring the number of individual incidents of people accessing drug and alcohol services and relevant spend per individual, across the time period requested.

Data on numbers accessing drug treatment are published in the Scottish Drugs Misuse Database (SDMD) and dates back to 2006-07.

In April 2021 a new Drug and Alcohol Information System (DAISy) went live. This database will provide more detailed information on the numbers accessing treatment. The first report from DAISy will be published in January 2023. This will provide latest data on numbers receiving treatment through drug and alcohol services.

Details on specific funding on treatment is also not available at the national level. Funding provided for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships supports a wide range of activity alongside treatment services including prevention, outreach and harm reduction services. We intend to provide detail of the funding provided to ADPs in the first National Mission annual report which is due later this year.

Question reference: S6W-10012

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take any steps to prevent looted steel from Ukraine being used in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-10399

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that NHS boards are achieving acceptable thrombolysis performance in stroke centres.

The Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme team works closely with services and NHS boards to use learning from the Scottish Stroke Care Audit to support improvement across the whole stroke pathway, including timely access to thrombolysis.

For example, planning work is ongoing within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to develop a telemedicine stroke service. This aims to introduce remote specialist assessment of hyperacute stroke patients out-of-hours at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and 24/7 at Royal Alexandra Hospital to improve overall door-to-needle (DTN) times for thrombolysis.

Question reference: S6W-10402

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many thrombectomies were performed at each stroke centre in the last year, and how many patients were required to be transferred from another centre due to capacity constraints.

Question reference: S6W-10391

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the results of its 2021 consultation on Penalty Charge Notices for Parking Enforcement will be published.

Question reference: S6W-10403

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reopen any NHS Scotland stroke units that were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of virus outbreaks among patients and staff.

Question reference: S6W-10401

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the planning, delivery and measurement of stroke rehabilitation performance in 2022.

Our vision is for everyone with rehabilitation needs to be able to access the care and support they need to live well, on their own terms.

Defined performance markers such as access to acute therapy, access to inpatient stroke therapy, access to community stroke therapy and six-month reviews are being included in the refreshed Stroke Improvement Plan, and annual board reviews carried out by the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Team, led by the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme Lead, will assess rehabilitation performance against these targets.

Question reference: S6W-10392

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase the Fixed Penalty Notice charge for decriminalised parking offences.

Question reference: S6W-10397

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address the reported decline in standards of stroke-related services in NHS Scotland, particularly in the areas of unit admissions and swallow screening.

Despite the continued and unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme report, published on 28 June, highlights areas where a high level of care is provided for stroke patients, including improvements in the number of patients who receive brain imagining within 12 hours of arrival to hospital.

We recognise that there are areas within stroke care that have proven particularly challenging and we are committed to continued improvement. We expect health boards to identify aspects of their stroke services which do not meet the Scottish Standards and to work to improve standards of care locally.