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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-30243

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2024
Current Status: Holding Answer by Jenny Gilruth on 11 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending the one-year school meal debt write-off permanently.

Question reference: S6W-30596

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03822 by Angela Constance on 9 October 2024, whether it will provide details of the list of partners involved in intelligence gathering in relation to food crime.

Question reference: S6W-30242

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in order to prevent school meal debt and hidden hunger among pupils, what plans it has to widen the eligibility for free school meals to all families in receipt of Scottish Child Payment.

We remain focused on delivering the next phase of our free school meal expansion programme, which is to Primary 6 & 7 pupils in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment and will deliver this within the parliamentary term. We are committed to universal expansion in primary schools when the financial circumstances allow.

We review the eligibility criteria for free school meals regularly to take account of changes to the national living wage. The eligibility criteria were last updated in April this year.

Question reference: S6W-30494

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 5 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland plans to undertake modelling of the blood cancer care workforce and develop national standards for staffing and facilities.

Question reference: S6W-30105

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 7 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported decline of capercaillie populations.

The Scottish Government, its partners and agencies, have undertaken a range of measures to address the reported decline in capercaillie populations. This includes providing funding through schemes to support capercaillie conservation directly.

Funding has also been awarded to projects that would indirectly benefit capercaillie conservation. This could include supporting new pine wood planting in capercaillie areas, the management and improvement of existing habitat as well as its extension through actions such as controlling deer numbers, fence marking or removal, and thinning to improve light levels. Funding has been awarded to estates as well as eNGOs and individuals and we expect this to continue.

NatureScot is working closely with the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) to support capercaillie conservation in Scotland. Last year NatureScot’s Scientific Advisory Committee provided advice on possible measures that could be taken to save capercaillie.(Measures to save capercaillie)

In June 2023, the Scottish Government requested that the CNPA and NatureScot work with stakeholders to look at ways to improve capercaillie populations. The publication of this work, known as the Capercaillie Emergency Plan 2025-2030, was published on 30 September 2024 and can be found on the CNPA website here .

The plan identifies priority actions that public, private and third sector organisations will take to promote capercaillie numbers within the Cairngorms National Park. These actions include looking at expanding and improving habitat; reducing the impact of predation; removing and marking; reducing disturbance; capercaillie monitoring; and reinforcement feasibility. We will work with NatureScot and the CNPA, as well as other partners, to monitor progress as our efforts to support capercaillie in Scotland continue.

Question reference: S6W-30108

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that GPs are confident in delivering treatment aligned with the Medication Assisted Treatment standards, including the provision of training opportunities for GPs related to these standards.

Ensuring individuals have access to Primary Care is a key component in tackling the Drug Crisis we face in Scotland, MAT Standard 7 specifies ‘All people have the option of MAT shared with Primary Care’

The Scottish Government provides funding to the Royal College of General Practitioners to deliver the Certificate in Management of Problem Drug Use. This supports primary care professionals within Scotland to provide care for people who experience problem drug use.

Those who have undertaken the course report improved knowledge of the MAT standards and how to appropriately incorporate these into clinical practice.

The Scottish Government also provides funding to Scottish Recovery Consortium to deliver the Humanising Healthcare Conversation Café project. This is a project which provides medical students across Scotland with the opportunity to engage with people with lived experience of substance use through guided roundtable discussions in medical schools across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-30436

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will address migraine as part of the consultation for the next Women’s Health Plan.

Question reference: S6W-30435

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 31 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the impact of migraine on the (a) economy and (b) NHS workforce.

Question reference: S6W-30352

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any trade union engagement that took place regarding the Onshore Wind Sector Deal.

Question reference: S6W-30351

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the full list of members of all five Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council subgroups.