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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.

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Question reference: S6W-00093

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing COVID-19 vaccinations to UK seafarers, such as cruise ship employees, using Scottish ports while working in UK waters.

Currently there is no sectoral prioritisation of workers, other than frontline health and social care workers. We are inviting those of working age in all sectors for vaccination, in line with advice on clinical risk of severe disease and hospitalisation.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) priority lists represents 99% of the preventable mortality from COVID-19 and throughout the delivery of the vaccination programme. The JCVI advice is that an age-based approach is the best way to quickly protect those who have not yet had the vaccine but who are at increased risk due to occupation or other factors.

The Scottish Government has met its target to offer all of those in JCVI groups 1 to 9 an initial dose of COVID vaccine, with over 99 per cent of those aged over 50 having received their first dose. Those aged over 40 are now in the process of being invited for vaccination. Beyond that we will aim, supplies permitting, to have offered first doses to the entire adult population by end July, rather than September as previously anticipated.

Question reference: S5F-04925

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 March 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2021

To ask the First Minister how many unpaid carers have been vaccinated to date.

Question reference: S5O-05100

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been given to hospitality and tourism businesses in Inverclyde.

Question reference: S5O-05067

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5F-04852

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2021

To ask the First Minister how much the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund has paid out to date to support tenants who are struggling with rent arrears.

Question reference: S5O-05059

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Inverclyde HSCP regarding either a replacement for, or investment in, Port Glasgow Health Centre.

Question reference: S5W-35068

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the financial support for childminders that it announced on 21 January 2021.

The Deputy First Minister announced a £1m Childminding Business Sustainability Fund on the 21 January. Since then we have worked closely with stakeholders, including the Scottish Childminding Association and the Unite the Union Childminding Branch, to discuss the targeting of this fund to those most in need.

Further to those discussions and careful consideration of the challenge of ensuring financial support reaches those most in need as quickly as possible, the Scottish Government is extending the fund to a total of £3,228,750. This additional funding will allow a simpler fund to be established, offering a single rate of grant set at £750 for every childminder in Scotland registered with the Care Inspectorate.

Further information on the fund is set out on the Scottish Government website , we intend to be able to make the grants available to childminders in the coming weeks.

Question reference: S5W-34695

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 February 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing COVID-19 vaccinations to police officers before the wider roll-out to the general public.

The Scottish Government greatly value the work of Scotland’s police officers and staff in keeping communities safe throughout this pandemic, they have been at the frontline of this public health response and we are grateful for the work they have undertaken.

Decisions to prioritise one population group over another are not taken lightly, nor are they straightforward. That is why our prioritisation decisions are guided by the independent expert advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

The Scottish Government is adhering to the priority list devised by the JCVI which has been designed to target those at greatest risk from this virus and it is estimated to address over 90 per cent of preventable mortality from the virus in Scotland. This is the priority rollout all nations of the UK are working towards and it is vital that we adhere to these lists in order to avoid more lives being lost.

Question reference: S5F-04769

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2021

To ask the First Minister what consideration the Scottish Government is giving to providing funding to small businesses that are classed as essential and have no access to sector-specific support, but whose profits have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the advice to the public to stay at home.

Question reference: S5W-34465

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 January 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been invested in Inverclyde through the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund in each calendar year of the current parliamentary session.

Inverclyde Council has not received any allocations from the Vacant & Derelict Land Fund to date. Each year the fund is distributed to a maximum of five local authorities using a methodology that has already been agreed with COSLA and local government. It takes into account a range of objectives and indicators and ranks each local authority accordingly. For 2020-21, the eligible local authorities continued to be Fife, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Councils.