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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-19896

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent level of health spending per person is in Scotland, and what information it has on how this compares with spending in (a) England and (b) Wales.

Based on HM Treasury’s Country and Regional Analysis (2021-22), frontline Health spend per head in Scotland is £3,377, which is £323 (10.6%) higher than in England and £74 (2.2%) higher than in Wales. Proportionally, this equates to almost £1.8 billion more spending on frontline health services in Scotland compared to England, and almost £405 million more compared to Wales – equivalent to around 44,000 and 10,000 nurses, respectively.

Question reference: S6W-19986

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 1,500 new clinical and non-clinical staff, committed to in its NHS Recovery Plan, will be based in the National Treatment Centre Ayrshire and Arran.

National Treatment Centres (NTCs) require an appropriate mix of new and experienced staff to operate safely and efficiently. While initial modelling of projected workforce requirements was undertaken to inform earlier phases of our planning for the National Treatment Centre programme, detailed plans relating to the size and composition of the workforce for NTC Ayrshire and Arran will be developed by the Board and submitted to the Scottish Government as part of the wider planning and approval process for the site in question.

Question reference: S6W-19997

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the National Treatment Centre Lanarkshire, and how this compares to the targets set out in its NHS Recovery Plan.

Question reference: S6W-19998

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 1,500 new clinical and non-clinical staff, committed to in its NHS Recovery Plan, will be based in the National Treatment Centre Lanarkshire.

National Treatment Centres (NTCs) require an appropriate mix of new and experienced staff to operate safely and efficiently. While initial modelling of projected workforce requirements was undertaken to inform earlier phases of our planning for the National Treatment Centre programme, detailed plans relating to the size and composition of the workforce for NTC Lanarkshire will be developed by the Board and submitted to the Scottish Government as part of the wider planning and approval process for the site in operation.

Question reference: S6W-19971

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Highland, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19722

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with National Records of Scotland since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.

Question reference: S6W-19945

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10670 by Jenny Gilruth on 23 September 2022, whether any noise monitoring and enforcement trials have been introduced by any road authority in Scotland within the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-20082

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation has been made of the current launch timetable for the Scottish Veterinary Service.

The Scottish Government is committed to the creation of a Scottish Veterinary Service (SVS) within this Scottish Parliament to ensure there are highly trained staff to provide Scotland with good animal health and food safety to meet all our needs across the public and private sector for animal health issues.

A Programme has been established to manage the work required to create an SVS. The Programme continues to keep the timetable for establishing the Service under review.

Question reference: S6W-19944

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10670 by Jenny Gilruth on 23 September 2022, whether it will provide an update on the inclusion of noise monitoring in Transport Scotland's remote sensing programme for vehicle emissions.

The Transport Scotland remote sensing study is assessing real-world vehicle emissions in four main cities in Scotland (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow).

The first of three emission testing campaigns, scheduled for 2021 to 2023, took place during October 2021, and the campaign collected over 225,000 air quality measurements from 95,000 unique vehicles using contact-less remote sensing technology.

During 2022, as part of preparing to include noise emissions in the study, Transport Scotland evaluated worldwide progress on roadside vehicle noise monitoring techniques, conducted motorcycle noise assessment work, and compared noise and air quality emissions at one of the remote sensing sites in Edinburgh.

A final round of air quality monitoring began on 29 June 2023 and will continue until 1 August, with detailed noise monitoring planned for inclusion in this work.

Question reference: S6W-19867

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 10 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action Transport Scotland is taking to enable Annan Harbour Action Group to become the statutory harbour authority for Annan Harbour.

Transport Scotland consider all enquiries regarding harbour orders, and provide feedback for applicants to consider how the requirements of becoming a Statutory Harbour Authority could be met. Transport Scotland officials have corresponded with and provided advice to the Annan Harbour Action Group at various junctures over the last 3 years and continue to correspond with the Group on its proposals.