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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-15895

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the dates of any meetings it has had with members of its Capital Investment Group at which the Monklands Replacement Project was discussed, and whether it will outline the content of those discussions.

Question reference: S6W-15902

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of the participants in the Ministerial Taskforce on Nursing and Midwifery.

Question reference: S6W-15972

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the anticipated timescale is for the electrification of the City Union railway line in Glasgow.

No date has been set for the electrification of the City Union line, however, in line with the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan this route will be considered for future electrification by Transport Scotland.

The Decarbonisation Action Plan commits to all passenger diesel trains being replaced; the order and programme in which that is done will depend on business cases and available budgets. The Plan is a dynamic document, with a refresh of the Plan scheduled for 2023.

Question reference: S6W-15998

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board will next meet.

The NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board met for the first time on 1 December 2022 and aims to meet fortnightly. It last met on 23 March 2023, it will next meet on 11 April 2023.

The Assurance Board has previously met on the following dates:

1 December 2022
13 December 2022
10 January 2023
24 January 2023
7 February 2023
22 February 2023
9 March 2023

Updates from the Assurance Board, including minutes, and other materials associated with the group, are available on the Scottish Government website: NHS Forth Valley Assurance Board - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

Question reference: S6W-16002

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates could be eligible for a free, short-term loan of a wheelchair under its guidance issued to health and social care partnerships.

Question reference: S6W-15942

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many journeys have been taken on ferries in Scotland by (a) ministers, broken down by minister, and (b) civil servants, in each year since 2018, broken down by route.

a) Details of Ministerial travel and gifts are proactively published on a monthly basis and can be found on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/collections/ministerial-engagements-travel-and-gifts/ .

b) The breakdown by route and calendar year for civil servants is as follows:

Ferry route	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Aberdeen -> Kirkwall	4	2			2
Aberdeen -> Lerwick	8	9	3	4	9
Ardmhor -> Eriskay		1
Ardrossan -> Arran	1
Ardrossan -> Brodick	28	6		2	15	1
Armadale -> Mallaig	1	1
Barra -> Eriskay	2	1
Berneray -> Leverburgh	1	1			2
Brodick -> Ardrossan		2			1
Claonaig -> Lochranza	1
Craignure -> Oban		1	1
Dunoon -> Gourock					1
Eriskay -> Ardmhor	5	2
Eriskay -> Barra	8	6		1
Fionnphort -> Iona			1
Gallanach -> Kerrera		1
Gills Bay -> St Margarets	8	6	3	9	12	1
Gourock -> Dunoon	2	3		1	1	1
Houton -> Lyness		1			2
Kennacraig -> Islay	1
Kennacraig -> Port Askaig	4	10			1
Kennacraig -> Port Ellen	2	6	2	1	3
Kirkwall -> Aberdeen		2
Kirkwall -> Eday					2
Kirkwall -> Lerwick	1	5	7	9
Kirkwall -> Sanday		1	1
Kirkwall -> Shapinsay			1		1
Kirkwall -> Stronsay		1	1	1	1
Kirkwall -> Westray	1	1			1
Lerwick -> Aberdeen	14	17	6	11	13	1
Lerwick -> Aberdeen Rtn						1
Lerwick -> Kirkwall		3	3			1
Lerwick -> MV Hrossey	1
Leverburgh -> Berneray	1	2		1
Lochboisdale -> Mallaig					1
Lochmaddy -> Uig	2	10		2	13	1
Lochranza -> Claonaig		1
Mallaig -> Armadale	3	2			1
Mallaig -> Eigg				1	1
Mallaig -> Lochboisdale		3
Mallaig -> Rum					2
Oban -> Barra		1
Oban -> Castlebay	1	2		3	7
Oban -> Castlebay Multi						1
Oban -> Coll	6		1		1
Oban -> Colonsay	1		1		1
Oban -> Craignure	31	22	3	7	4
Oban -> Lismore		1	1
Oban -> Lochboisdale	1
Oban -> Mull	2	2
Oban -> Tiree	12	2	1	1	2
Orkney -> Scrabster		1
Port Askaig -> Kennacraig		1		2
Port Ellen -> Kennacraig					1
Scrabster -> Stromness	12	13	2	2	12	2
St Margarets -> Gills Bay	2				3	1
Stornoway -> Ullapool	5	4		1	5
Stromness -> Scrabster	7	16		1	6	1
Tarbert -> Portavadie	2
Tarbert -> Uig		1			4
Tayinloan -> Gigha		2		2
Tingwall -> Rousay		1
Tiree -> Oban	1	2
Uig -> Lochmaddy	4	6		6	10
Uig -> Tarbert	1	1			2
Ullapool -> Stornoway	19	18	3	10	18	3
Wemyss Bay -> Rothesay	2	6

Question reference: S6W-15983

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it has learned from the pilot scheme for deferred entry of children to P1.

Interim reporting from the pilot local authorities on the number of ELC places needed for children deferring entry to P1 has been used to inform budget settlement decisions for 2023-24. The final evaluation report will be published in May 2023 and will provide information about implementation in pilot areas and explore the impact of the pilot on parental awareness and perceptions of the entitlement.

Question reference: S6W-16001

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many health and social care partnerships have implemented its guidance on the provision of wheelchairs on free, short-term loan.

Question reference: S6W-15985

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the dates of all Deferral Working Group meetings since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-15984

Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Deferral Working Group last met and when minutes of that meeting will be published.