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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: S6W-09601

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02453 by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many pregnancy screenings have taken place in each month since the start of 2019.

The Scottish Government does not hold national data for infectious diseases screening, antenatal haemoglobinopathies screening, or foetal anomaly ultrasound examinations within the pregnancy screening programme. These can be requested directly from individual NHS boards.

Further to the answer to question S6W-02453 which provided information on the number of trisomy screens taken between January 2019 and June 2021. 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 The following table provides information on the number of trisomy screens taken each month in the period which followed from July 2021 to June 2022:

Trisomy Screening
Years and months	Total trisomy screens
2021
July	3094
August	3273
September	3136
October	2991
November	3258
December	3270

2022
January	3226
February	3197
March	3673
April	3147
May	3291
June	3119

However, it is important to note that the Scottish Government does not routinely publish this information as it is only held as management data and is not subject to the standard quality control checks required for official publication. During the acute phase of COVID-19 management, the data was provided in light of the increased interest in screening performance.

Question reference: S6W-09465

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the value engineering exercise will have on the proposed Roseburn to Union Canal Path Link.

As the programme managers and project owners, the details of any such exercises lie with Sustrans and City of Edinburgh Council (CEC). We understand that a value engineering exercise was undertaken by CEC and Sustrans in view of escalating cost pressures and timescales for several Places for Everyone projects. Places for Everyone is an active travel infrastructure programme run and programme managed by Sustrans with grant funding from Transport Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-09467

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase spending on active travel in Edinburgh.

Spending on active travel will increase throughout Scotland as we realise the Programme for Government commitment to increase the active travel budget to at least £320 million or 10% of the transport budget from 2024-25 onwards. The detail of how that significant increase in investment will apply in different local authority areas is still to be determined.

The Scottish Government supports all local authorities to deliver active travel through a variety of programmes including several run by third sector partners which local authorities can bid into and two direct funds – a LA resource fund of £2 million and a capital fund of £35 million (Cycling Walking and Safer Streets) both distributed pro rata this year across all 32 local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-09908

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet (a) last met and (b) will next meet in the Highlands and Islands region.

Question reference: S6W-09698

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that all Marine Scotland staff receive any overdue pay for specified leave days.

Question reference: S6W-09416

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any new (a) primary and (b) secondary schools being built with exclusively gender-neutral toilets for children.

Question reference: S6W-09393

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding police officers being stationed in schools through the use of pupil equity funding.

Question reference: S6W-09893

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many written parliamentary questions were answered (a) within and (b) after the due date, in each month since July 2021.

Question reference: S6W-09861

Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will make public the responses it received to the consultation Tightening rules on advertising and promoting vaping products.

Question reference: S6W-09740

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 July 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards ensuring that island NHS boards have specialist menopause services, and how are those living in island communities being supported to access specialist menopause services.

Through the Women’s Health Plan, we want all women to have timely access to menopause support and services. For those who need specialist support beyond primary care, there is now a specialist menopause service in every mainland NHS Board.

For women living in the areas of Island health boards there is a “buddy” system in place. This system allows Island GPs and health practitioners to seek advice from one of the mainland menopause specialist services to support their more complex patients. Alternatively, they can refer patients to one of the mainland services, if they meet the referral criteria. Consultations take the form of a discussion, usually by phone or video, meaning patients do not routinely need to travel to the mainland.

The National Menopause Specialists Network complements this service and meets regularly to provide consistent advice and peer support to health care professionals across Scotland.