Questions and answers

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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S6W-11831

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to blind and partially sighted people as they recover from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions.

The Scottish Government recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures that were necessary to take have been particularly challenging for those with sensory loss. The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults has provided £36 million since 2021 to grassroots community groups to tackle the impact of social isolation, loneliness and mental health inequalities, including nine projects for people with sight loss. We have also worked with local authorities and transport providers to ensure that people with sight loss have still been able to access travel since the pandemic. In addition, Active Scotland is working to support everyone to be more active, with specific activity for people with sight loss funded through Paths for All.

Through our ‘See Hear’ strategy, the Scottish Government is committed to supporting children and adults who have deafness, sight loss and dual sensory loss to access the services and social care they need. See Hear is currently under review, and a refreshed strategy will be published in 2024.

Question reference: S6W-11624

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 9 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much the First Minister’s trip to the United States of America on 16-17 May 2022 cost.

Question reference: S6W-11356

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and (b) Town Centre Capital Fund (TCCF) has invested in (i) Fife, (ii) Stirling, (iii) Clackmannanshire and (iv) Perth and Kinross, in the financial year (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-11355

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many individual projects the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and (b) Town Centre Capital Fund (TCCF) has supported in (i) Fife, (ii) Stirling, (iii) Clackmannanshire and (iv) Perth and Kinross, in the financial year (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-11361

Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the First Minister on 22 September 2022 that "there are many more staff working in our national health service today than was the case when this Government took office" and that "more than 20,000 additional staff have been recruited in that period" (Official Report, c. 16), how many nurses have (a) joined and (b) left the NHS in Fife in each year since 2007.

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