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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6T-00818

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported warnings from a leading scientist that its opposition to gene-edited crops goes against the scientific consensus.

Question reference: S6T-00803

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how avian flu is affecting bird populations.

Question reference: S6W-08967

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many admissions each mother and baby unit has had in each of the last three years, also broken down by the patient's NHS board.

The information requested on Health Board admissions to Mother and Baby Units is not held centrally. However, Mother and Baby Units in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS Lothian may have this data available through local data systems. Both Mother and Baby Units also participate in the Clinical Audit System referenced in S6W-08970 on 20 June 2022 which supports Mother and Baby Units in further developing and improving the provision they offer.

Additionally, the Scottish Government Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board is looking at this question as part of the work following the Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) Inpatient Provision Consultation which closed on 31 May 2022.

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

Question reference: S6W-08999

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the overall capital and revenue budget allocated to NHS Fife has been in each of the last 10 years.

Board’s baseline revenue allocations are set out annually in the Scottish Budget, as published on the Scottish Government’s website. In addition, resource and capital spending limits are reported in Board’s annual accounts, which are published on their websites.

Over the period from 2013-14 to 2022-23, NHS Fife’s baseline resource budget has increased by almost 39% (£209.9 million) .

In addition to baseline capital funding, significant additional investment has been provided to NHS Fife to fund infrastructure projects, including £20.5 million for the National Treatment Centre Orthopaedics Unit.

Question reference: S6W-08969

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans for NHS Grampian and NHS Forth Valley to enter into contractual arrangements regarding mother and baby unit provision.

The Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) Inpatient Provision Consultation closed on 31 May 2022. While more detailed work on the outcomes of this consultation is underway, we are expecting NHS Grampian and NHS Forth Valley to enter into contractual agreements with a Mother and Baby Unit in line with the other territorial Health Boards.

The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Programme Board and Perinatal Mental Health Managed Clinical Network Scotland will provide support to Boards in setting up these arrangements. We are in the process of meeting with MBU host Boards and NHS Forth Valley and NHS Grampian to discuss how to best ensure access for women and their infants.

Until these arrangements are in place, women residing within any Health Board area in Scotland are still able to access the specialist regional provision in a Mother and Baby Unit if clinically appropriate. Admission is based on clinical need rather than geography.

Question reference: S6W-09000

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was allocated to NHS Fife in 2021-22, and how much it anticipates will be allocated in each year from 2022-23 to 2024-25.

For 2021-22 and 2022-23, I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-08999 on 20 June 2022. 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

Future year’s planned expenditure will be determined and set out in each year’s Scottish Budget.

Question reference: S6W-08980

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake regarding the reported decline of salmon numbers and any impact that this has had on local businesses and tourism.

The Scottish Government takes the issue of Scotland’s declining populations of wild Atlantic salmon very seriously and is working to ensure the protection and recovery of this iconic species. In January 2022 the Scottish Government published the Wild Salmon Strategy which provides an overarching framework for the actions required to tackle the range of pressures affecting wild salmon. The Strategy can be accessed at Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

A commitment made in the Strategy is to undertake a study to identify the socio-economic benefits arising from healthy wild Atlantic salmon populations and how these can be maximised through partnerships between the public, private and charitable sectors. Furthermore, this study will allow comparisons to be made between the current economic value of the recreational fisheries sector to past values.

The most recent socio-economic study was conducted in 2017 and showed that recreational fisheries in Scotland contributed £79.9m Gross Value Added and 4300 FTE jobs. It is important to note that, although this study was published in 2017, it was based on data from 2014/15 when coastal netting was still in place. It is anticipated that the subsequent prohibition on coastal netting is likely to have had an effect on the economic value.

Question reference: S6W-09001

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of overall spend NHS boards will be expected to save in each year from 2022-23 to 2024-25.

Each financial year, NHS Boards are typically required to deliver a level of efficiency savings to deliver financial balance. Efficiency savings are how health boards ensure they are making the best possible use of public money and every penny of efficiency savings stays with the health boards.

We are working closely with all NHS Boards to address financial pressures facing the system, whilst ensuring that patient safety and Covid recovery remain the priority.

Question reference: S6W-08881

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many British Transport Police officers there have been in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Over the course of the last five years, the force has created separate Divisions for specialist officers such as CID. As a national police force, these specialist officers are not bound by traditional geographical borders. Therefore, to provide an accurate breakdown of resource placement in Scotland my officials have requested this information from the British Transport Police and I will write to the member in due course.

Question reference: S6W-08883

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will maintain the alcohol ban on trains.

ScotRail’s Safety and Security team has been developing options relating to the current ban on consumption of alcohol on trains. I understand that the ScotRail Trains Ltd Board will consider these options shortly and will take account of the range of stakeholder views, including those of Trade Unions and any further representations that are made. I will then consider any recommendation ScotRail provides, giving due cognisance to staff and passenger safety.