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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-10534

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures reported in the Times Education Supplement stating that only 50% of post-probationary primary teachers are expected to be in work in Scottish state schools by September 2022, down from 77% in 2021.

Local councils are responsible for the recruitment and deployment of their staff. This includes providing a complement of teachers which best meets the needs of each of their schools and its pupils within the resources available.

The Teacher Induction Scheme provides a one year probationary placement to allow teachers to meet the Standard for Full Registration. This does not provide a guarantee of future employment with a particular local authority. Teaching posts should be advertised and filled in a fair and transparent manner by the local authority employer.

During the pandemic, the Scottish Government provided an additional £240m to local authorities to support the recruitment of additional teachers and support staff.

We have since committed further permanent funding of £145.5m a year to support education staffing. This provides assurance of funding for councils, and removes any uncertainty as a barrier to employing staff on permanent contracts.

Question reference: S6W-10168

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a breakdown of funding provided to local authorities that has been ringfenced for net zero projects, in each of the last three years.

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
	£m	£m	£m
Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes	8.5	22.3	9.5
Switched on Fleets	9.1	7.7	3.3
Local Authority Installation Programme	8.0	2.2	2.8
Public EV Charging Pathfinder Projects	0.0	0.0	0.4
Switched on Towns & Cities	4.4	4.4	4.5
On Street Residential Charging	0.0	0.0	0.2
Low Emission Zones	4.6	2.2	3.6
Strategic Timber Transport Scheme	5.8	6.2	5.4
Recycling Improvement Fund	0.0	0.0	5.3
Scottish Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme	0.0	0.0	0.5
Total	40.4	45.0	35.5

Question reference: S6W-10376

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any funding it has provided to charities for autism post-diagnostic support across Scotland.

A new National Post Diagnostic Support Service pilot was launched on 1 December 2020. This has now been extended until end of March 2023.

Post Diagnostic support is provided by seven organisations, where, following a diagnosis of autism, individuals, parents and carers living across Scotland are routed to appropriate support to understand and embrace their identity as an autistic person.

The Scottish Government has provided funding for Post Diagnostic Support which totals £500,000 in financial year 2020-21 and £544,000 in financial year 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-10300

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many older people have required to be restrained as a result of them being “purposeful walkers”, broken down by each NHS hospital in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-10201

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many excess deaths there were during July 2022, and in the event that there were excess deaths, what plans it has to assess the extent to which they may be related to the heatwave that month.

Weekly data from National Records of Scotland show that there were 498 excess deaths from all causes between 4 July and 31 July 2022 inclusive. This data does not, however, attribute individual deaths to events such as heatwaves.

The Scottish Government is committed to continuing to build resilience to the impacts of global climate change, as part of a just transition to net-zero by 2045. This includes managing the risks to human health, wellbeing and productivity during heatwaves, the increasing urgency of which has been identified in the 2022 update to the statutory UK Climate Change Risk Assessment. Alongside delivering our current package of adaptation policies (as set out in “ Climate Ready Scotland: Climate Change Adaptation Programme 2019-2024 ”), we are now developing a new programme, in response to the updated Risk Assessment and including enhanced monitoring arrangements, for publication in 2024.

Question reference: S6W-10375

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the first results and reports will be available from the adult neurodevelopmental pathway pilot involving four Health and Social Care Partnership areas.

Question reference: S6O-01329

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has done on the potential impact on the sale price of new homes of its proposal to introduce new building standards to prohibit the use of direct emissions heating systems in new builds from 2024.

Question reference: S6O-01322

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Orkney and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6O-01319

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest alcohol-related deaths statistics.

Question reference: S6O-01330

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many houses it estimates need to be built to tackle the current housing waiting lists in Scotland.