- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its representatives will attend the Sustainable Aquaculture Summit on 16-17 May 2023 at the Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow.
Answer
Scottish Government Officials will attend the Sustainable Aquaculture Summit on 16 and 17 May 2023, including participating in a scheduled panel discussion at the event: ‘ Delivering the Scottish Governments Vision for the blue economy ’.
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any budget for railway enhancements is included in its recent Statement of Funds Available (SOFA) for Control Period 7 (CP7).
Answer
The recent Statement of Funds Available (SoFA) includes funding of £4.2 billion for Operations, Maintenance and Renewals for the rail network in Scotland. The budget for railway enhancements is not included in the SoFA. This aligns with the Department for Transport SoFA for Control Period 7 (April 2024 – March 2029), which did not include enhancements funds.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Elena Whitham on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £250 million that has been allocated for tackling substance misuse is designated for research, in order to provide a strong evidence base regarding any unique elements of substance misuse in Scotland.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-17450 on 11 May 2023. 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 .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been placed in adult mental health services in each year since 1999.
Answer
The Mental Welfare Commission produces annual reports on admissions of young people under the age of 18 to non-specialist wards in Scotland. The latest report was published on 1 December 2022, and can be found here: ChildrenYoungPeople_MonitoringReport_2021-22.pdf (mwcscot.org.uk) . Table 1 provides a breakdown of numbers of young people admitted to non-specialist facilities by year from 2012/13 (177 admissions relating to 148 young people) to 2021/22 (90 admissions relating to 80 young people).
Information on young people placed in adult mental health services has more recently also become available through the Mental Health Quality Indicator Profile publication. Under the “Equitable” theme of indicators, indicator EQ4 provides data on the percentage of under 18 year old psychiatric admissions admitted out with NHS specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) wards. Please note this information is only published at a national level. The Mental Health Quality Indicators were produced in September 2018 and data on these was first published on 17 March 2020. Indicator EQ4 was first published on 23 March 2021.
The most recent Mental Health Quality Indicator Profile publication can be found here: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile/mental-health-quality-indicator-profile-25-april-2023/.
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish a Centre of Excellence for brain tumour research in Scotland, in line with the existing network of four such centres in England.
Answer
The Charity Brain Tumour Research currently funds five Centres of Excellence for Brain Tumour Research (at the Institute for Cancer Research in Surrey, the University of Plymouth, Queen Mary University London, Imperial College London, and the University of Portsmouth).
Centres of Excellence | Brain Tumour Research
Brain Tumour Research has a UK-wide remit and Scottish Institutions are eligible to apply for Centre of Excellence status.
Centre of Excellence designation is awarded by Brain Tumour Research based on a process of independent expert review. This process is not a matter for the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the changes to the planned Deposit Return Scheme announced on 20 April 2023 change how the scheme will operate in stadium events, such as those that take place at Murrayfield Stadium, in light of the previous position being that they could not operate a "closed loop" system, even where customers are not permitted to leave the stadium with drinks containers.
Answer
Details of how the exclusion will apply are currently being worked out in consultation with the sector, and once published the stadium and other hospitality businesses will be able to assess if they eligible for an automatic exclusion. If they are not then they may still be eligible for an exclusion on the grounds specified in the regulations.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Siobhian Brown on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the last time was that the Scottish Ministers exercised their authority to block a first grant of temporary release of a prisoner, under the Prison Rules 2011, and for what reason this was done.
Answer
The most recent instance of Scottish Ministers declining to consent to a first grant of temporary release of a life sentence prisoner was in January 2018, where the Minister indicated that on the basis of the information presented in regard to the individual, they were not willing to give consent.
It would not be appropriate to publish information regarding the circumstances of an individual prisoner.
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to support work or initiatives regarding diversity on Scotland's islands in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) island group and (b) government body providing the funding.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not currently hold this information. Due to the wide-ranging nature of the question, (a breakdown, per year, per island from every government body who may or may not have delivered diversity initiatives) attempting to gather the information necessary would incur high costs in terms of official and ministerial resources and breach the disproportionate cost threshold.
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many railway stations do not have CCTV monitoring on their premises.
Answer
ScotRail advises it has 284 stations that have live images streaming back to the centres. The rest have internet protocol cameras or cameras with secure digital cards. The only stations that do not have CCTV are Altnabreac and Dunrobin Castle.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Elena Whitham on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to each third sector organisation and network involved in any aspect of substance misuse, either to support individuals or to support organisations or research, in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23, and how much it will provide in (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25 and (iii) 2025-26, and what the (A) rational and (B) evidence base was or is for each of its allocation decisions.
Answer
The Scottish Government funds for drug and alcohol programmes and services through a range of channels.
- In 2021-22 the total annual budget for drugs and alcohol was around £140 million, increasing slightly in 2022-23 to £141.9 million.
- The 23-24 budget for alcohol and drugs is £155.5m. This budget is inclusive of baseline funding of £56.5m and the alcohol and drugs budget of £99m.
- Alcohol and Drug Partnerships.
- Core Funded Organisations (CFOs)
- Other third sector organisations
- Distributed via the Corra Foundation to third sector and grass roots organisations
- Research networks or organisations
In addition, further funding is provided to organisations involved in ‘any aspect of substance misuse’ through other parts of government including research funded through the chief scientists office.
Two thirds of the alcohol and drugs budget is distributed through alcohol and drug partnerships and many of the projects and organisations we support at the national level also work in both alcohol and drugs, therefore it is not possible to disaggregate funding allocated specifically for drug services rather than drug and alcohol services.
Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) are responsible for commissioning and developing local strategies for tackling problem alcohol and drug use and promoting recovery, based on an assessment of local needs. This funding is delivered via local NHS Boards to both statutory and third sector providers.
Data on how ADP funding is distributed is not held centrally. Financial accounts are published annually by Health Boards and Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships (ADPs) and accessible via each area's website.
Five organisations (SFAD, SDF, Crew, SRC, With You) receive core funding from Scottish government to deliver a wide range of activity and support. In addition, a range of other organisations receive funding for specific programmes of activity.
Funding for third sector and grass roots organisations is primarily distributed via dedicated funds managed by the Corra Foundation on behalf of the Scottish Government. Details of how funding was allocated by the Corra Foundation can be found in their published annual grants released at Publications - Corra
A summary of our direct financial support for third sector organisations is detailed below.
Table 1: Direct Scottish government funding for third sector organisations 2021-22 and 2022-23
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Funding decisions and actions align to the National Mission Plan and Outcomes Framework which was published in August 2022.
The Drug Deaths Taskforce provided evidence based recommendations throughout and final report was published in July 2022 and reflects the evidence base for funding awarded in 2021-22 and 2022-23.
All funding has been subject to Scottish Government’s robust grant management process, outlined in the Scottish Public Finance Manual. The Scottish Public Finance Manual (SPFM) provides guidance on the proper handling and reporting of public funds, including all NHS Boards.
The plan includes multiyear commitments and while Scottish Government budgets are set on an annual basis we are committed to supporting this programme of work and will review the timing of this spend over future years. Forecast funding detailed below is based on multiyear projects that have been subject to the grant management process.
Table 2: Direct Scottish government funding for third sector organisations
forecast for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26
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