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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: S6W-09889

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many state secondary schools have had defibrillators installed, broken down by local authority

Question reference: S6W-09890

Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government by when it anticipates that all registered defibrillators will be included in the defibrillator App that is used by ambulance crews to locate seriously ill patients.

The National Defibrillator Network Project, “The Circuit” developed by British Heart Foundation and Microsoft, is a UK-wide registry of defibrillators. It integrates with the existing Scottish Ambulance Service defibrillator database. In an incident of cardiac arrest, Scottish Ambulance Service call handlers use the database to locate nearby devices and direct bystanders to it.

The development and implementation of The Circuit is an operational matter for Scottish Ambulance Service, the British Heart Foundation and Microsoft, rather than Scottish Government.

Question reference: S6W-10102

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls for white-tailed eagles to be culled.

The Scottish Government does not intend to permit a cull of white-tailed eagles.

The species has the highest levels of protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 being listed on Schedules 1, 1A and A1. Schedule A1 of the 1981 Act lists bird species whose nests are protected at all times from disturbance, including outwith the breeding season. Schedule 1A of the 1981 Act lists those bird species which are protected from harassment.

We accept that sea eagles may sometimes take lambs and thereby have a financial impact on farmers and crofters. NatureScot operates the Sea Eagle Management Scheme (SEMS) which supports farmers and crofters to manage impacts. The SEMS was significantly revised in 2020 following consultation with local and national stakeholder groups, including National Farmers Union Scotland and Scottish Crofting Federation representatives. Further information on the scheme is available via the following web link: https://www.nature.scot/professional-advice/land-and-sea-management/managing-wildlife/sea-eagle-management-scheme

Question reference: S6W-10103

Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what budget it has allocated for smoking cessation services in (a) each of the last five financial years, including 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23, and what budget it has provisionally allocated for smoking cessation services over the remainder of the current parliamentary session.

The Scottish Government has provided £9,144,964 to Health Boards for the provision of smoking cessation services.

This funding is calculated on the basis of smoking rates and deprivation and is used to provide the free Quit Your Way service. This service includes an interactive website, offering expert advice and support to those seeking to quit tobacco products. Local support services and access to a range of free medications and products are provided to help people stop smoking.

	Smoking Cessation	Smoking Prevention	Total Funded
2016 - 2017	9110000	1500000	* £10,610,000
2017 – 2018	£8,426,750	£1,387,500	£9,814,250
2018 – 2019	£8,426,750	£1,387,500	£9,814,250
2019 – 2020	£8,005,413	£1,318,125	£9,323,538
2020 – 2021	£7,623,384	£1,255,222	£8,878,606
2021 – 2022	£7,852,085	£1,292,879	£9,144,964

Local Authorities receive annual funding of £1.5 million, which has been maintained since its introduction in 2010/2011 and was added to in 2017-18 when £1.340 million was added for Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Control. This total funding of £2.840 million has continued into 2022-23. The funding Scottish councils receive is to more rigorously enforce tobacco sales law, including test purchasing and joint working.

In addition we fund the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS), co-ordinator function - Tobacco and NVP control - national coordination of enforcement activities of Scottish councils, and support for action against illicit tobacco in the financial year 2022-2023.

Question reference: S6W-10005

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many properties have received funding to date from the £500,000 it allocated to meet the cost of installing interlinked fire alarm systems; what the average cost has been per property of those that received funding to have interlinked fire alarms installed, and how many of the systems that have been funded were connected to the mains electricity supply by a qualified electrician.

In 2021-22, total funding of £1.1 million has been provided to Care & Repair (C&R). This was, in addition to the £1 million allocated to Scottish Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) for its Home Fire Safety Visit programme to install interlinked fire alarms in the homes of those at highest risk.

Our funding for Care and Repair has enabled them to fit interlinked fire alarms to 2,421 households, with a further 1,466 households still to be completed. C&R average costs for a supply and fit of the battery operated fire alarms for a typical 3 bedroom home was £300.

The Scottish Government funding was for battery-powered alarms, which do not require alarms to be connected to the mains electricity supply by a qualified electrician.

Question reference: S6W-10039

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances a moratorium on non-native gamebird releases could be applied.

Question reference: S6W-10041

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the introduction of the full registration of all non-native gamebird releases for monitoring purposes.

Question reference: S6W-09994

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether there will be review of the 10% maximum commission of the price of a mobile home upon sale, and, if so, when this review will take place.

Question reference: S6W-09988

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09572 by Kevin Stewart on 4 July 2022, whether the National Care Service will continue to work with the private sector in addition to (a) specialist charities and (b) third sector providers of care services, under the new ethical commissioning model.

The National Care Service Bill proposes to enable the National Care Service (NCS) to support Fair Work in the sector, by including Fair Work within the guiding principles of the NCS (section 1 of the Bill) and establishing it as an exemplar of Fair Work. The NCS ethical commissioning strategies will also need to reflect these principles, and will therefore be a key tool for ensuring Fair Work is embedded in the way services are planned and provided. Services commissioned by the NCS, of whatever ownership type, will have to ensure they meet Fair Work and ethical commissioning standards and requirements.

Question reference: S6W-09969

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Lothian has submitted a full business case for the new eye pavilion in Edinburgh, and, if so, on what date it was submitted, and by what date the Scottish Government will respond.