- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is currently providing for anti-racism education, and what organisations it is funding that carry out anti-racism education.
Answer
The Scottish Government is absolutely committed to embedding anti-racism in education. As part of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme for financial year 2023-24 the Scottish Government provided the following funding aimed at providing anti-racist education. Funding streams for 24-25 will be published in due course.
Funding recipient | What is being funded? | Amount of funding in 2023-24 |
General Teaching Council for Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within the GTCS. | £97,708 |
Education Scotland | Delivery of the Building Racial Literacy Programme | £62,803 |
Education Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within education Scotland. | £25,200 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | Delivery of a programme of engagement with children and young people on behalf of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme. | £37,818 |
Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators | Delivery of the Leadership, mentoring and wellbeing course for minority ethnic educators | £58,900 |
Calabar Education Consultants Ltd. | Development of an action guide for the anti-racist recruitment, retention and progression of minority ethnic teachers. | £9520 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | IYS School Education Partnerships in secondary schools | £200,000 |
ScotDEC Global Citizenship Education | Development of two new resources for anti-racism in education on health and wellbeing and early years | £60,000 |
Over 30 schools and education settings | Small Grants Fund for Children and Young People-led anti-racism in education | £25,000 |
Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling | Teaching Slavery in Scotland Programme of Professional Learning for educators | £45,000 |
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland is participating in the UK Government scheme to donate surplus medical supplies to Ukraine, or any other such scheme.
Answer
The Scottish Government has participated in UK government schemes and donated medical supplies to Ukraine. No recent requests have been made to the Scottish Government.
Should further requests be received the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are ready to play our part and will consider requests to contribute to any such scheme.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS Lothian to transfer patients with diabetes from their current treatment to a hybrid closed loop system, where this is appropriate for them.
Answer
The Scottish Government is committed to increasing access to diabetes technologies.
Between 2016 and 2022, we invested £29.6 million specifically for diabetes technologies. This is in addition to baseline funding to NHS boards. In 2023 we also invested £350,000 to pilot a national onboarding pathway to support roll out across Scotland.
We know there is more to do to increase access to diabetes technology and we continue to work with key stakeholders to determine the best way to do this and how to fund it. This includes working with NHS Lothian, via their clinical leads and Diabetes Managed Clinical Network.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on achieving priority 8 of its Diabetes Improvement Plan "to accelerate the development and roll-out of innovative solutions to improve treatment, care and quality of life of people living with diabetes".
Answer
The implementation of the Diabetes Improvement Plan is underway and supported by the Scottish Diabetes Group.
Regarding Priority 8, the Scottish Government has provided £19 million of additional funding to NHS Boards to support the roll out of technologies since 2021. The Scottish Diabetes Technologies & Innovation Group also has a significant programme of work which aims to find new solutions, or scale up existing, and ensures dedicated focus on the delivery of Priority 8.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the business plan for the future of Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow.
Answer
The Ferguson Marine Board shared their new business plan with Scottish Government on 5 April 2024.
This is now being considered and an update will provided in due course.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much the temporary relocation of the interim chief
executive of Ferguson Marine will cost, and who will be responsible for paying
for any such costs.
Answer
The new interim chief executive of Ferguson Marine is not entitled to relocation expenses. His remuneration package includes a travel and subsistence allowance and Ferguson Marine will pay any such costs properly incurred.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many new overflow monitors have been installed by Scottish Water since its Improving Urban Waters Routemap was published in 2021, broken down by year.
Answer
As this is an operational matter for Scottish Water I have asked them to respond. Their reply is as follows:
I refer the member to the answers to S6W-15158 on 3 March 2023 and S6F-02135 on 19 May 2023 for information on Scottish Water’s approach to installing CSO monitors at priority locations. As confirmed in these answers, no new event duration monitors (EDMs) were installed in 2021 or 2022.
Scottish Water’s annual update to the improving urban waters routemap, published on its website at Scottish Water (readymag.website) , confirms that 230 new EDMs were installed in 2023. In addition, Scottish Water installed a further 229 sensors as part of its wastewater intelligent network (WWIN) transformation programme, of which 53 are EDMs.
In 2024 to date, Scottish Water has installed a further 633 new EDMs. Plans have also been approved for 450 new EDMs in 12 further WWIN catchments.
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 , and https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament .
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland services and departments still use paper-based medical records.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold this information. The Digitisation of records is an operational responsibility of individual Health Boards and GP practices, therefore, it may be available from local Health Boards.
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported warning from industry leaders that the reported £32 million reduction to the forestry and woodland creation budget will lead to 10 million trees being burnt or destroyed in some other way, with the cost of the wastage amounting to losses of £4.5 million for the sector.
Answer
The Scottish Government remains fully committed to maximising the important contribution forestry and tree nurseries make in tackling the climate emergency, in the face of the most challenging budget settlement since devolution from the UK Government. The funding provided will support approximately 9,000 ha of new woodland creation; the highest figure in the UK.
Scottish Forestry is in discussion with the sector and will continue to meet with the forestry and nursery sector to ensure we make the most of the resources available. Scottish Forestry is supporting the industry as best we possibly can, including encouragement to increase using plants for restocking and to access other markets outside of Scotland for their high quality stock, helping to create a more resilient business model for the longer term.
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23975 by Mairi McAllan on 18 January 2024, whether it can detail any work that it has undertaken in relation to exploring joining the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) as a core member, and whether it will provide an update on its position on BOGA membership ahead of the publication of the Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan.
Answer
The Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan (ESJTP), to be published in summer, will include the Scottish Government's updated policy position on offshore oil and gas exploration and production, among other matters. The Strategy will set out a clear pathway to deliver on global commitments and capitalise on the enormous opportunities offered by becoming a net zero economy. Our focus remains on reducing emissions in line with climate goals, meeting our energy security needs and ensuring a just transition for our oil and gas workforce as North Sea resources decline.
Alongside finalising the ESJTP, we continue to engage with the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance as part of a wider programme of analysis and engagement with a range of organisations and stakeholders. The final ESJTP will also build from the substantial independent evidence base on domestic energy transition in the context of the global Paris Agreement goals that was developed and published in support of the draft version.
