- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with local authorities on the Community Bus Fund.
Answer
The Scottish Government has worked closely with COSLA and ATCO throughout the development of the Community Bus Fund and will continue to engage with them going forward to ensure the fund works in the best interests of local authorities and the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact Low Emission Zones have had on air quality in Scotland’s cities, in light of reported figures published by Friends of the Earth Scotland.
Answer
I welcome these positive achievements on air quality, which show that our actions to tackle air pollution are delivering for the people of Scotland.
The modelling undertaken by each of the cities shows that the Scottish LEZs are capable of delivering significant improvements in air quality. LEZ enforcement will begin in June 2023 in Glasgow, it is therefore too early to say with any certainty what the impact of Low Emission Zones has been.
The four cities introducing LEZs are required to report on air quality annually, and specifically on the performance of the LEZs one year after enforcement starts. I look forward to reviewing these reports when available.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the forecast capacity requirements for elective treatment in NHS Lanarkshire are for the next 10 years, broken down by procedure, and how these requirements will be met in each case.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish government or PHS.
Operational planning and decision making with regards to capacity is the responsibility of individual NHS Boards.
The Scottish Government is working closely with Boards to maximise capacity and efficiency for planned care. NHSScotland’s Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD), launched in 2021, plays a central role in working with health boards to ensure that they are able to continually identify new ways to increase capacity, and to respond to demand through service innovation and redesign. As well as creating additional capacity, the aim is to develop new pathways of care that are more efficient, enhance delivery of services in community settings, and reduce the variation and waiting times for planned care by adopting minimum standards to deliver higher volume activity.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who had elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital, broken down by procedure.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
More detailed information on the procedure(s) that are planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Boards. We would therefore advise contacting NHS Boards to obtain this data.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) commissioners and (b) ombudsmen for which it is responsible there are; how (i) much funding and (ii) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 7 commissioners and ombudsmen. The following table with commissioners and ombudsmen contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
In the case of Commissioners and Ombudsmen they are classed as Parliamentary Bodies and as such, are accountable directly to the Scottish Parliament with the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body conducting a sponsorship function.
Public Body | Year of establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life | 2013 | £0 | 11 |
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner | 2021 | £400,000 | 3 |
Scotland's Commissioner For Children and Young People | 2004 | £0 | 15 |
Scottish Human Rights Commission | 2008 | £65,000 | 12 |
Scottish Information Commissioner | 2005 | £0 | 20 |
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman | 2002 | £0 | 84 |
Standards Commission for Scotland | 2000 | £0 | 4 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many other agencies, organisations and public bodies there are that it is responsible for which are not public corporations, non-departmental bodies, executive agencies or tribunals; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 18 other significant public bodies. The following table for other significant public bodies contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022-23 |
Audit Scotland | 2000 | £11,600,000 | 330 |
Convener of School Closure Review Panels | 2010 | less than £400,000 | 0 |
Court of Lord Lyon | 1867 | £100,000 | 0 |
Drinking Water Quality Regulator | 2002 | £963,000 | 12 |
HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland | 2012 | £1,798,000 | 0 |
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland | 1981 | £1,035,000 | 0 |
HM Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland | 2003 | £425,000 | 0 |
HM Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland | 2013 | £732,000 | 0 |
Justices of the Peace Advisory Committee (6 bodies, the breakdown is the following): | administered by the Local Authority | | |
Glasgow and Strathkelvin | | £0 | 0 |
Grampian, Highlands and Islands | | £0 | 2 |
Lothian and Borders | | £0 | 2 |
North Strathclyde | | £0 | 2 |
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | | £0 | 0 |
Tayside, Central and Fife | | £0 | 2 |
Office of the King’s Printer for Scotland | 1998 | £116,000 | 0 |
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | 2013 | £326,707,000 | 4,633 |
Scottish Police Authority | 2013 | £1,291,282,000 | 6,163 |
Scottish Road Works Commissioner | 2007 | £300,000 | 6 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations there are that aim to safeguard, maintain and improve the quality of care provision, and how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
From Scottish Government’s (SG) perspective, there are four organisations that aim to safeguard, maintain and improve the quality of care provision.
The specific details you have requested in relation to these organisations for the year 2022-23 are listed in the following table:
| Organisation | Year Established | SG Funding in 2022-23 (£) | Number of Staff in 2022-23 (FTE) |
| Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS)* | 2011 | 38,300,000 | 600 |
| Mental Welfare Commission (MWC) | 1962 | 6,086,000 | 47 |
| Care Inspectorate (CI) | 2011 | 28,705,000 | 648 |
| Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) | 2002 | NIL | 85 |
It is worth highlighting that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and Scottish Police Authority (SPA) are not included in the above table because these organisations conduct reviews of health care in custody settings in partnership with the inspectorates above.
* HIS was established by the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, taking over the work of QIS and the regulatory functions in regard to independent healthcare provision. NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (NHS QIS) was established on 1 January 2003 as a special health board with a remit to improve the quality of healthcare in Scotland.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many public corporations there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 4 public corporations. The following table contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Public Body | Year of establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd | 2006 | £29,017,000 | 53 |
Glasgow Prestwick Airport | 2015 (established as a public corporation) | £0 | 282 |
Scottish Water | 2002 | £170,000,000 | 4,366 |
Crown Estate Scotland | 2017 | £0 | 73 |
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost of elective surgery procedures in NHS Lanarkshire was in 2022, broken down by procedure, and by whether patients were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally by Scottish Government, Health boards would have to be contacted to obtain the average cost of elective surgery procedures.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire, had their procedure cancelled in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.
Answer
Public Health Scotland publishes monthly statistics relating to the number of cancelled planned operations at health board level, a summary of which is available the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/
The latest statistics published cover the period up to 31 December 2022 and the number of planned operations that were cancelled each month from May 2021 onwards can be found within the tab ‘Publication table’ in the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/17421/2023-02-07-cancellations.xlsx
These statistics are sourced from local theatre systems and only includes cancellations that were cancelled the day before, or on the day the patient was due to be treated. PHS does not collect information on cancellations that occur prior to this. Please note, data are provided at specialty level only, PHS are unable to provide data at procedure level.
