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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)
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Question reference: S6W-05639

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has instructed a review of audiology services in every NHS board, following the report into audiology services in NHS Lothian.

Question reference: S6W-05598

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in each year since 2017, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-05644

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the bingo industry is ineligible for the Hospitality Top Up Fund.

The Hospitality Top Up Fund provides support to hospitality businesses that lost bookings during the festive trading period, including pubs, restaurants, cafes and nightclubs.

Bingo businesses are eligible for funding though the Hospitality and Leisure top-up fund which supports businesses impacted by the necessary public health restrictions introduced from 27 December 2021, including requirements for physical distancing and capacity limits.

Question reference: S6W-05642

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) monitoring systems, (b) data collection method and (c) peer review processes are in place for audiology services.

Question reference: S6W-05444

Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what economic impact assessment it has undertaken on the effect of Brexit on Scottish businesses and jobs.

The Scottish Government continues to closely monitor the impact of Brexit on businesses, jobs and the wider economy.

The latest Business Impact and Conditions (BICS) survey for December shows that Brexit is having a visible impact on Scottish businesses, with 49% of all manufacturing businesses reporting higher costs due to increased paperwork and 57% facing higher transportation costs.

Early trade statistics indicate that Scottish trade with the EU in 2021 was 24% lower compared to 2019 levels. New customs regulations from the 1st January 2021 are likely to further increase barriers for Scottish businesses importing from the EU.

The latest BICS survey also indicates that Brexit has exacerbated the current labour market shortages as Scottish businesses struggle to hire workers from the EU. In manufacturing and the accommodation and food sectors around 25% of businesses with unfilled vacancies cite a reduced number of EU applicants as a cause of difficulties in hiring.

In the long run, forecasts by the Office of Budgetary Responsibility indicate that Brexit will be more detrimental to the UK’s productivity than the pandemic, causing an estimated 4% fall in productivity compared to 2% for the pandemic.

Question reference: S6W-05595

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity was first made aware that Circularity Scotland reportedly issued procurement documentation for a deposit return system with a launch date of summer 2023.

Since coming into post in August 2021 I have worked intensively with industry and stakeholders to agree a project plan that we can have confidence in to deliver Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). This has included frequent engagement with Circularity Scotland Ltd (CSL) who have been open and realistic about the scale of challenge facing implementation of DRS due to COVID-19 and EU Exit, as the Gateway Review recognised.

In line with the principle of producer responsibility, CSL is a private company, established by industry to lead on delivery of Scotland’s DRS as scheme administrator. As an independent, industry-led organisation, CSL’s procurement decisions are not a matter for the Scottish Ministers.

Producers of in-scope drinks are responsible for having their scheme packaging collected from return points free of charge from the full implementation date for DRS, either directly or through a scheme administrator. Industry is therefore liable for delivery of DRS by the full implementation date whether or not a scheme administrator is in place by that date. Until and unless amended by the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022, that date is set in regulations as 1 July 2022.

Question reference: S6W-05636

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what role it has in administering the UK Government’s Help to Buy ISA scheme in Scotland, and what (a) discussions it has had with the UK Government and (b) action it can take regarding reports that changes may be made to the access of scheme holders in Scotland to the 25% of their closing balance bonus payment.

Question reference: S6W-05685

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation date for the revised Affordable Housing Investment Benchmarks.

Question reference: S6T-00450

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 2 million calls to Police Scotland have gone unanswered since 2018.

Question reference: S6T-00443

Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to reports of the Women’s Health Plan study finding that endometriosis clinical care is failing to meet the base level of care.