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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-12526

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how (a) many times government vehicles have suffered damage from potholes and (b) much it has spent on repairs due to such damage, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-12549

Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on Scotland, what its position is on whether the Energy Charter Treaty is functioning well.

Question reference: S6W-12550

Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on Scotland, what its position is on whether the UK Government should leave the Energy Charter Treaty.

Question reference: S6W-12437

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on Childsmile in each of the last five financial years, broken down by year.

Funding provided to NHS Boards for Childsmile programme delivery is set out in the following table.

In addition to direct programme allocations, funding is provided to NHS Boards through the annual Outcomes Framework allocation to deliver a range of core services, including for Childsmile. The total value of this allocation for each of the five years is also set out below:

Year	Programme Allocation (£m)	Total Outcomes Framework (£m)
2017-18	2.0	68.0
2018-19	2.0	66.2
2019-20	2.3	75.7
2020-21	2.2	71.9
2021-22	1.4	74.1

Question reference: S6W-12519

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, following the major telecommunications outage on Shetland on 20 October 2022 reportedly being caused by a fishing trawler hitting the primary telecommunications cable between the Scottish mainland and Shetland, what evidence it has that the damage was caused in this way; whether it will share all evidence it has, and whether it has ruled out other possible causes.

Question reference: S6W-12373

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the cytosponge diagnostic service has been used, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S6W-12347

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government (a) what proportion of and (b) how the £600 million of funding set out in the Health and Social Care Winter Resilience Overview will support community nursing and palliative care teams to care for terminally ill people in the community over winter 2022.

The £600 million funding set out in the Health and Social Care Winter Resilience Overview 2022-23 includes investment of £170 million for multi-disciplinary teams and £124 million to enhance care at home, supporting people to be treated in the community where clinically appropriate.

We have appointed a National Clinical Lead to drive and support the development and delivery of a new Strategy on Palliative and End of Life Care, supported by a small advisory group and a newly established strategy steering group, both of which include representatives of community and specialist palliative care nurses.

Nurses, amongst many multi-disciplinary staff, are crucial to the delivery of palliative and end of life care within the community.

Question reference: S6W-12333

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00960 by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022, what figure it used for the gigawatt value of potential offshore wind developments associated with ScotWind for the purposes of producing the figure in the statement that Scotland has “over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments already in the pipeline”.

The figure used for the gigawatt value of ScotWind in the statement that Scotland has over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments in the pipeline, subject to planning and consenting decisions, and finding a route to market, was 27.6 gigawatts. This gigawatt value is based on each of the developers’ proposed project capacity in their applications to Crown Estate Scotland in the ScotWind leasing round.

Question reference: S6W-12362

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial impact of a direct award to Serco Caledonian Sleeper Ltd or a company owned and controlled by the Scottish Government for the operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service from June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-12335

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00960 by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022, whether the figure in the statement that Scotland has “over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments already in the pipeline” includes (a) currently operational offshore wind developments and (b) potential Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind developments.