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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: S6F-01535

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the report, Health Inequalities in Scotland, by the Fraser of Allander Institute.

Question reference: S6F-01528

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6F-01522

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government anticipates the impact will be on Scotland of today’s Autumn Statement.

Question reference: S6F-01518

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01519

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6W-11719

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has set a decarbonisation target for the (a) passenger ferry and (b) maritime freight sector.

The Scottish Government is committed to the decarbonisation of the transport sector in a sustainable way to deliver a just transition. Our Climate Change Plan includes a commitment that by 2032, 30 per cent of Scottish Government owned ferries will be low emission.

With regards to the wider shipping and maritime sectors, we are committed to working with the UK Government and other governments to support decarbonisation proposals at a UK level and those globally significant proposals originating from the International Maritime Organisation such as the potential to introduce a global levy on marine fuel to fund research into cleaner technologies and fuels.

Question reference: S6W-11735

Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding the impact in Scotland of the Charity Commission’s investigation of the Mermaids charity.

Charity law is a devolved matter. Charities registered in Scotland are subject to the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 overseen by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR). Charities registered in England and Wales are regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Charities can be registered with both OSCR and the Charity Commission.

Mermaids are a charity registered in England and Wales only, the Scottish Government has no relationship with and does not fund Mermaids. There is no regulatory impact in Scotland of the Charity Commission investigation into the charity.

Question reference: S6W-11763

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation has been conducted between NatureScot and the Isle of Rum Community Trust in relation to the proposed sale of Kinloch Castle.

Question reference: S6W-11793

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people to date have received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest information available.

The following table shows the number of cardholders under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme as of the end of the day on 31 October 2022, broken down to local authority level.

This data is supplied by the National Entitlement Card Programme Office (NECPO). NECPO support the 32 local authorities by assisting with the integration of various national and local public services on the National Entitlement Card (NEC) and are the joint controller with local authorities of this data. The table includes travel products collected from the Transport Scot Pass Collect mobile application.

Aberdeen City	23,643
Aberdeenshire	26,246
Angus Council	7,753
Argyll & Bute	6,030
City of Edinburgh	66,618
Clackmanmanshire	3,038
Comhairie nan Eilean Siar	1,537
Dumfries and Galloway	9,322
Dundee City	18,782
East Ayrshire	14,987
East Dunbartonshire	9,315
East Lothian	12,066
East Renfrewshire	9,582
Falkirk	10,085
Fife	46,845
Glasgow City	57,582
Highland	15,636
Inverclyde	11,016
Midlothian	9,370
Moray	7,590
North Ayrshire	16,893
North Lanarkshire	31,800
Orkney Islands	1,437
Perth & Kinross	12,967
Renfrewshire	18,577
Scottish Borders	9,664
Shetland Islands	2,597
South Ayrshire	7,262
South Lanarkshire	32,094
Stirling	7,435
West Dunbartonshire	10,057
West Lothian	17,405
Total	535,231

Question reference: S6W-11633

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland patients have been referred to the designated providers in (a) Bristol and (b) the USA for mesh removal surgery.

A number of women have been assessed at the specialist service in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and have subsequently requested onward referral to the independent providers. It is the responsibility of the patient’s local Health Board to make that referral and, in a number of cases, this has already occurred whilst, in others, preparations for referral are ongoing.

Neither the Scottish Government nor NHS National Services Scotland are able to confirm specifically when any patient will travel to the USA or Bristol for treatment, as the scheduling of surgery is dependent on clinical review by the provider and their subsequent acceptance of the case in question.

In light of the small number of patients referred, it would not be appropriate to disclose exact numbers due to the potential risk to patient confidentiality.