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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: S6F-01534

Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government supports the introduction of a domestic abuse register.

Question reference: S6F-01528

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6F-01522

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government anticipates the impact will be on Scotland of today’s Autumn Statement.

Question reference: S6F-01518

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01519

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-11636

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time is for women to receive a first appointment at the Complex Mesh Surgical Service in Glasgow.

Question reference: S6W-11635

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time is for mesh surgery organised by the Complex Mesh Surgical Service in Glasgow.

Public Health Scotland does not publish data at the level of detail requested. However, statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 31 March 2022 and can be found here: Stage of treatment waiting times - Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients 30 June 2022 - NHS waiting times - stage of treatment - Publications - Public Health Scotland

Both the Scottish Government and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are aware, and regret, that patients are experiencing longer than normal delays in accessing NHS care, including at the mesh removal service in Glasgow. Patients are, however, being seen, surgeries carried out, and concerted efforts are being made to reduce waiting times.

Question reference: S6W-11587

Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to the FOI request FOI/202200278002, in which it stated that it had not ruled out establishing dedicated Long COVID clinics across the country, whether it can provide an update on any developments on the matter across the country, including in each NHS board.

All NHS Scotland Boards are providing assessment and support for people with long COVID. This is being delivered across the full range of services delivered by our NHS and includes local primary care teams, community based rehabilitation services and referrals for further investigation delivered in secondary care settings where clinically appropriate.

It is for each NHS Board to develop and deliver the best models of care for assessment, diagnostic tests, and support for the treatment or management of symptoms, tailored to the needs of their local population. This will involve strengthening the co-ordination of existing services, or establishing dedicated services where appropriate.

To support this, we have made available an initial £3 million from our long COVID Support Fund over this financial year to provide NHS Boards and partners with additional resource to respond to the needs of people with long COVID in their areas. While none of the services being delivered by NHS Scotland Boards are termed ‘long COVID clinics’, initiatives being supported by the funding include key elements of care that are also offered by post COVID assessment clinics elsewhere in the UK; such as the introduction of care co-ordinator roles to provide a single point of contact for people with long COVID and their families and the introduction of a multi-disciplinary assessment service to provide a person-centred assessment of people’s needs.

We have also established a National Strategic Network for long COVID to ensure the continued development of our national approach is informed by evidence and expertise.

Question reference: S6W-11634

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend the Transvaginal Mesh Removal Reimbursement Scheme beyond December 2023, in light of reports that very few, if any, NHS Scotland patients have been referred to designated providers in Bristol and the USA for mesh removal surgery.

The reimbursement scheme established under the Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Act 2022 is concerned with the reimbursement of costs associated mesh removal surgery arranged by women privately, where such arrangements were made on or before 3 June 2022. The scheme has no function in relation to the commissioning by NHS Scotland of mesh removal surgery from independent providers.

Mesh removal surgery commissioned from independent providers by NHS Scotland, in the UK or elsewhere, is arranged under Health Boards’ general powers, and there is no time limit on such arrangements being made.

Question reference: S6W-11793

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people to date have received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest information available.

The following table shows the number of cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme as of the end of the day on 31 October 2022, broken down to local authority level.

This data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO support the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The table includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile application.

Aberdeen City	23,643
Aberdeenshire	26,246
Angus Council	7,753
Argyll & Bute	6,030
City of Edinburgh	66,618
Clackmanmanshire	3,038
Comhairie nan Eilean Siar	1,537
Dumfries and Galloway	9,322
Dundee City	18,782
East Ayrshire	14,987
East Dunbartonshire	9,315
East Lothian	12,066
East Renfrewshire	9,582
Falkirk	10,085
Fife	46,845
Glasgow City	57,582
Highland	15,636
Inverclyde	11,016
Midlothian	9,370
Moray	7,590
North Ayrshire	16,893
North Lanarkshire	31,800
Orkney Islands	1,437
Perth & Kinross	12,967
Renfrewshire	18,577
Scottish Borders	9,664
Shetland Islands	2,597
South Ayrshire	7,262
South Lanarkshire	32,094
Stirling	7,435
West Dunbartonshire	10,057
West Lothian	17,405
Total	535,231