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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-10522

Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the standard payment to private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers of early learning and childcare, per eligible child, at each age range for each local authority.

Childcare providers in the private, third and childminding sectors who deliver funded early learning and childcare (ELC) receive a sustainable rate from their local authority for the delivery of these hours.

There is no standard payment and local authorities set sustainable rates for providers in their area in-line with the joint Scottish Government and COSLA guidance .

The Scottish Government is committed to collecting data annually on the sustainable rates set by each local authority. This includes information on any variations in the rates paid to children in different age groups.

We published data on sustainable rates for 2021-22 in ‘ Overview of local authority funding and support for early learning and childcare providers’. Data on sustainable rates for 2022-23 will be published in the Autumn.

Question reference: S6W-10531

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £50 million announced in June 2022 to support a new approach to reduce A&E waiting times has been allocated to date, broken down by the amount allocated to each NHS board.

NHS Boards received notification on the 11 August of their share of the £50 million investment which has been allocated in its entirety to support NHS Health Boards to improve A&E waits through a new National Collaborative for Urgent and Unscheduled Care.

Each board’s share of the £50 million fund is listed below:

NHS Ayrshire and Arran	£2,600,000
NHS Borders	£760,000
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	£1,055,000
NHS Fife	£2,420,000
NHS Forth Valley	£1,930,000
NHS Grampian	£3,500,000
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£7,815,000
NHS Highland	£2,330,000
NHS Lanarkshire	£4,340,000
NHS Lothian	£5,275,000
NHS Orkney	£175,000
NHS Shetland	£170,000
NHS Tayside	£2,750,000
NHS Western Isles	£235,000
NHS 24	£15,100,000
Scottish Ambulance Service	£400,000
Total	£50.85 million

Question reference: S6W-10528

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been treated in each of the Early Cancer Diagnosis Centres that are currently operational to date.

Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services (RCDS) – formerly known as Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres (ECDC) – are fast-track diagnostic pathways taking patients from referral to diagnosis, not treatment.

Scotland’s first three RCDS are early adopters to help inform wider roll-out of an optimal model for patients with non-specific symptoms suspicious of cancer.

All three Services are using a nationally agreed minimum data-set, capturing consistent data from age, gender, symptoms at presentation etc. A sub-section of this data will be published by the three Boards in 2022.

Meanwhile, work is underway with Public Health Scotland to scope and progress national data collection as more sites are expected to be established.

Question reference: S6W-10554

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the combined generating capacity in GW will be of the projects that it anticipates will be constructed under the ScotWind leasing round; whether it remains of the view, set out in its 2020 Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy, that "...an overall national limit on generating capacity of 10GW was required as a mitigation measure”, and what the total actual investments in the Scottish supply chain will be, in light of the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport's reported statement in January 2022 that ScotWind "will secure investment in the Scottish supply chain of at least £1 billion for every GW of power".

Following the clearing announcement on the 22 August 2022, the ScotWindleasing round has identified 20 offshore wind projects with a potential overall capacity of 27.6GW. Based on the Supply Chain Development Statements (SCDS) submitted with the leasing applications, developers have committed to invest around £1.4bn per project.

Before construction, these projects will go through project development and consenting processes, respond to geographical and technological requirements, and find a route to market. For this reason, it is not possible to have a clear indication at this time of what will be constructed and the combined generating capacity.

The Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy (SMP-OWE) assessed a potential generation figure of 10GW and therefore does not comment on additional generation or impacts. The SMP-OWEis subject to an Iterative Plan Review (IPR) process, which allows Scottish Government to review the conclusions of the Plan against new available information. Through the IPR process we will consider the impacts of the new potential generation figure of 27.6GW.

Question reference: S6W-10576

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds data on stroke recovery broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S6W-10309

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many release sites for beaver translocations have (a) been identified and (b) had licence applications submitted for that purpose, by (i) NatureScot (ii) Forestry and Land Scotland (iii) Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (iv) Cairngorms National Park and (v) other public bodies.

The Scottish Government does not hold specific information of how many release sites for beaver translocations have been identified.

Following the Scottish Government’s announcement to actively support the expansion of the beaver population in November 2021 much work has been undertaken by NatureScot to support the policy. While there have been no licence applications made by public bodies to date, NatureScot have logged a number of expressions of interest and are liaising with RSPB Scotland and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority in relation to the consultation for beaver translocations in progress for Loch Lomond, and with Forestry and Land Scotland for the consultation in progress for Glen Affric.

Question reference: S6W-10565

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding in total has been distributed through the Apprenticeship Employer Grant to employers to offer a Modern Apprenticeship or Graduate Apprenticeship.

Question reference: S6F-01364

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the One Parent Families Scotland report, Living Without a Lifeline – Single Parenting and the Cost of Living.

Question reference: S6F-01360

Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to support the transition to net zero heating in rural homes.

Question reference: S6F-01353

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will announce the outcome of its review into the pausing of the Super Sponsor scheme for Ukrainian refugees coming to Scotland.