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Question reference: S6O-00996

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support young people living in Glasgow to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-01006

Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding the impact on Scotland of recent reports that the UK Government’s Animals Abroad Bill is no longer likely to be introduced.

Question reference: S6W-07544

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 2020 Cumberford-Little Report, One Tertiary System: Agile, Collaborative, Inclusive, and what, if any, workstreams it is developing to progress the recommendations in the report.

In recognition of the scale of the existing shock of the pandemic and of the need to consider existing models of funding, governance, collaboration and delivery, the Deputy First Minister and the then Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science commissioned the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) to undertake their Review of Coherent Provision and Sustainability on 3 June 2020.

The Cumberford-Little report was highlighted in the commissioning letter from Ministers as a key element of the evidence base to be drawn on in the SFC review.

Many of the recommendations first made in the Cumberford-Little report are reflected in the final recommendations of the SFC Review, published in June 2021, including the recommendation for government to set out a compelling narrative and purpose for the sector and the need for a transparent and accessible performance regime directly related to purpose.

The Scottish Government published its response to the SFC review on 26 October 2021, broadly accepting and agreeing with the recommendations. The response acknowledges the importance of the Cumberford-Little report in shaping those recommendations.

Work is underway to implement the recommendations in the SFC review both within Government and within the SFC. In addition, the recently published National Strategy for Economic Transformation with its clear focus on skills recognises the central role Scotland’s colleges have in supporting business growth and economic recovery. The delivery of the actions described in NSET will further support the ambitions and recommendations as envisaged in the Cumberford-Little report.

Question reference: S6W-07585

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) single and (b) return crossings have been made by (i) ministers and (ii) its officials on P&O Ferries between Cairnryan and Larne in each of the last three calendar years.

Question reference: S6W-07584

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any current contractual arrangements with P&O Ferries, and, if so, what they are.

Question reference: S6W-07553

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the inclusion of Tetrapak in the Deposit Return Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-07552

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been carried out of the cost of retrofitting an expanded range of materials such as Tetrapak, following the launch of a Deposit Return Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-07943

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died from thrombosis-related conditions in each year since 2008.

Table 1 – deaths from thrombosis-related conditions, 2008-2020

Cause	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Coronary thrombosis - all due to (1)	4,997	4,682	4,577	4,266	4,073	3,827	3,497	3,538	3,629	3,887	4,023	4,034	4,173
Coronary thrombosis - many due to (2)	3,625	3,334	3,266	3,293	3,366	3,325	3,254	3,499	2,943	2,751	2,527	2,455	2,494
Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial) – all due to (3)	20	23	26	19	5	18	14	21	24	15	23	24	23
Cerebral thrombosis (venous and arterial) - many due to (4)	2,799	2,490	2,382	2,294	2,248	2,247	2,073	2,097	1,965	2,018	1,978	1,932	2,039
Peripheral arterial thrombosis - many due to (5)	315	335	291	335	334	345	362	350	296	325	340	331	320
Venous thrombosis at various sites - all due to (6)	2	5	1	3	1	3	2	11	6	6	5	4	5
Venous thrombosis at various sites – many due to (7)	133	132	137	147	126	139	151	142	136	152	111	133	148
Other conditions caused by thrombosis – all due to (8)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	7	4
Other conditions caused by thrombosis - many due to (9)	9	8	12	13	7	9	12	10	13	17	16	9	6

ICD-10 codes used in each of the above categories

(1) - ICD-10 codes I21, I22, I23.6, I24.0. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I21.9, which covers "acute myocardial infarction, unspecified".

(2) - ICD-10 code I25, which covers "chronic ischaemic heart disease".

(3) - ICD-10 codes I63.0, I63.3, I63.6, I67.6, O22.5, O87.3. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I63.3, which covers "cerebral infarction due to thrombosis of cerebral arteries".

(4) - ICD-10 codes G08, I63.2, I63.5, I63.8, I63.9, I64, I65, I66, I67.2, I67.8, I69.3, I69.4. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I64, which covers "stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction".

(5) - ICD-10 codes I74, K55.0, K55.1, K55.9. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I74.9, which covers "embolism and thrombosis of unspecified artery".

(6) - ICD-10 codes H34.8, I81, O22.2, O22.3, O87.1

(7) - ICD-10 codes I80, O22.9, O87.0, O87.9. Includes, for example, ICD-10 code I80.2, which covers "phlebitis and thrombophlebitis of other deep vessels of lower extremities".

(8) - ICD-10 code I51.3

(9) - ICD-10 codes O69.5, D73.5, G95.1, H34.2, I82, N28.0, N48.8, N50.1

Source: National Records of Scotland

Question reference: S6W-08022

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many active (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind energy projects there are in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-07590

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 April 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) COSLA and (b) Scottish Care regarding whether there is a need to increase the mileage allowance for social care workers, in light of the rising cost of petrol and diesel.