- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what actions are being taken to raise awareness of heart health for women, as outlined in the Women's Health Plan for 2021-24.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-11371 on
25 October 2022. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the final report of the Green Heat Finance Taskforce will be published.
Answer
The Green Heat Finance Taskforce will publish a final report in September 2023.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10865 by Jenny Gilruth on 23 September 2022, whether the Minister for Transport has contacted the British Transport Police about the enforcement of the alcohol ban on ScotRail trains, and, if this is the case, (a) on what dates and (b) by what method.
Answer
I last met with Gill Murray, Chief Superintendent, Scotland Division of British Transport Police on 15 June to discuss various aspects of my concern around women’s safety and anti-social behaviours on rail services in Scotland. Additionally, Additionally I will be meeting with Chief Constable, Lucy D'Orsi next month to discuss a range of factors relating to the British Transport Police
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the key recommendations in the Strategic Framework of Options for the CHFS Network produced as part of Project Neptune.
Answer
I already set out my initial thoughts and response to the findings of Project Neptune in my statement to Parliament on the Future of Scottish Ferries on 8 September. Full and detailed consideration is now being given to all the findings and options, including as I announced, engagement with key stakeholders and local communities. I also undertook to update Parliament at the appropriate time when in a position to announce any relevant decisions. That will include a fuller response to the key recommendations highlighted.
Additionally, a presentation on Project Neptune, to which all MSPs were invited, was delivered in Parliament by Ernst & Young on 25 October. I know that Ms Clark has accepted the invitation, which I welcome, and hope she found the session informative.
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has introduced three-year funding settlements for Scottish Government core funded cultural organisations, in line with the Scottish National Party 2021 manifesto commitment.
Answer
The Scottish Government is continuing to work closely with its core funded cultural organisations, to understand the impacts that the current cost crisis, and wider pressures, are having on the sector. We will be looking at the potential for three-year funding settlements in preparations for the 2023-24 budget.
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what issue it is seeking to address by proposing to implement a new licensing scheme for muirburn.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers to questions S6W-11097 and S6W-11098 on 17 October 2022. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many companies applied for awards from the 2021 round of funding
from the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Fund, broken down by the (a) name of,
(b) amount requested by and (c) amount awarded to each company, and for those
companies that were awarded funding, what payments have been made to date in
each case.
Answer
Name of Organisation | Amount requested | Amount Awarded | For Those Organisations That Were Awarded Funding) Payments Made to Date. |
UX Glasgow | £1,000 | £1,000 | N/A |
Product Forge | £49,750 | £15,000 | N/A |
Digital for Good | £17,600 | £0 | N/A |
Scotland IS | £115,000 | £0 | N/A |
Cloud Cover | £18,300 | £0 | N/A |
DIGIT | £50,000 | £10,000 | £10,000 |
Easthouse | £10,000 | £0 | N/A |
FutureX | £45,000 | £25,020 | £25,020 |
Digital Scotland | £28,000 | £0 | N/A |
University of Glasgow | £20,000 | £5,000 | £3,864 |
First Time Founder Podcast / Gigged.AI | £8,500 | £8,500 | N/A |
Michael Boniface | £3,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
I to I Communications | £46,520 | £0 | N/A |
Open Source Glasgow | £2,500 | £0 | N/A |
HALO | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
Gigged.AI (separate application to above) | £3,800 | £0 | N/A |
Proximity | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
Vivolution | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 |
Direct Partners | £46,000 | £0 | N/A |
Egg | £39,900 | £0 | N/A |
Startup Grind | £45,000 | £45,000 | £44,942.97 |
Startup Grind (Separate application to above) | £6,900 | £6,900 | £5,707.49 |
Pawprint | £15,000 | £0 | N/A |
RookieOven | £40,400 | £0 | N/A |
SCDI | £41,490 | £0 | N/A |
Creative Edinburgh | £30,500 | £30,500 | £30,500 |
Metta | £44,500 | £0 | N/A |
Equity Gap | £4,000 | £4,000 | £4,000 |
Actionable Business | £35,000 | £0 | N/A |
Digital Skills Education | £12,800 | £0 | N/A |
CrowdX | £43,000 | £0 | N/A |
Digital for Good / Crisis | £24,000 | £0 | N/A |
EMEC / Islands Centre for Net Zero (ICNZ) | £46,000 | £0 | N/A |
SIS Ventures | £48,190 | £0 | N/A |
Women's Enterprise Scotland | £43,466 | £43,466 | £43,466 |
Scottish Business Network | £49,346 | £49,346 | £47,089.79 |
Scottish Summit | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
Codebase | £239,512 | £0 | N/A |
NoCode Scotland | £14,245 | £14,245 | £13,496.91 |
Solstice Digital | £26,100 | £0 | N/A |
Community Lab | £42,000 | £42,000 | £42,000 |
CENSIS | £3,764 | £0 | N/A |
EdinburghJS | £3,250 | £3,250 | £2,979.48 |
Codebase (Second Application) | £42,800 | £42,800 | £39,836.69 |
Make It Happen | £36,980 | £0 | N/A |
The Data Lab | £70,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
Goddess Gaia Ventures | £50,000 | £50,500 | £50,500 |
Codebase (Third Application) | £49,000 | £49,000 | £47,500 |
Traveltech for Scotland | £22,800 | £0 | N/A |
Founder.Scot | £7,598 | £0 | N/A |
ScotApps | £39,090 | £0 | N/A |
Glasgow City Innovation District | £24,900 | £24,900 | £23,689.15 |
Heriot-Watt University | £47,982 | £0 | N/A |
Robert Gordon University | £14,000 | £0 | N/A |
Scottish Games Network | £49,425 | £49,425 | £49,425 |
Code The City | £10,500 | £0 | N/A |
Tech Meetup Stirling | £1,000 | £1,000 | N/A |
Exolta Capital Partners | £41,650 | £41,650 | £41,650 |
Scottish Business Network and FutureX | £29,700 | £29,700 | £28,091.80 |
University of Edinburgh - Accelerating Climate Tech Adoption | £12,600 | £0 | N/A |
University of Edinburgh - EI Student Services: Breaking Barriers Events | £18,000 | £0 | N/A |
University of Edinburgh - EIE | £70,000 | £70,000 | £69,125.75 |
University of Edinburgh - Fife Tech Meet up – DDE | £19,650 | £0 | N/A |
University of Edinburgh - Health and Social Care Data Driven Innovation Community (HSCDDI) | £18,000 | £0 | N/A |
Altra | £28,470 | £0 | N/A |
Scotland's International Environment Centre (SIEC) | £40,000 | £0 | N/A |
Games Jobs Live | £9,750 | £9,750 | £9,750 |
eteaket | £5,990 | £0 | N/A |
Female Founder Squad | £38,350 | £38,350 | £26,428 |
New Norm | £3,750 | £3,750 | N/A |
Renfrewshire Council | £5,000 | £0 | N/A |
Ping Creates | £29,500 | £0 | N/A |
Raising Partners | £49,875 | £49,875 | £49,874.52 |
DTLX | £33,500 | £0 | N/A |
One HealthTech Aberdeen | £10,900 | £0 | N/A |
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre | £49,175 | £0 | N/A |
Turing Fest | £46,000 | £46,000 | £46,000 |
CodeCraft | £5,000 | £5,000 | £143.88 |
STAC | £48,400 | £0 | N/A |
Eureka!Europe | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
AAI | £48,440 | £0 | N/A |
Prewired | £11,918 | £0 | N/A |
Korero Studios | £20,800 | £0 | N/A |
DataKirk | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
Mint Ventures | £34,350 | £34,350 | £34,348.71 |
STEM Leaders Meetup | £6,636 | £0 | N/A |
British Esports | £25,000 | £0 | N/A |
Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance | £39,240 | £0 | N/A |
Heriot-Watt University and Filament PD | £48,000 | £0 | N/A |
Master the Curriculum | £22,000 | £0 | N/A |
Macresco | £9,000 | £0 | N/A |
DNA Coach | £30,000 | £0 | N/A |
Ewa Grabowiecka | £11,000 | £0 | N/A |
The Startup Race | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
Niki Hutchison | £45,000 | £0 | N/A |
Drupal Scotland | £8,600 | £0 | N/A |
MoneyMatiX | £50,000 | £0 | N/A |
Urban Foresight | £42,350 | £0 | N/A |
University of Edinburgh - City Region Deal DDI Programme Office | £13,500 | £0 | N/A |
University of Stratclyde Business School | £16,400 | £16,400 | £11,863.08 |
Scottish AI Alliance | £45,000 | £0 | N/A |
Glasgow City of Science and Innovation | £48,600 | £0 | N/A |
Venus and Mars Dating | £20,000 | £0 | N/A |
A Wild Haggis | £40,000 | £0 | N/A |
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to fund research into heart condition diagnoses for women, in light of public health data that reportedly shows a rise in hospital admissions due to takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Answer
The Women’s Health Plan, 2021-2024, includes a long term action to establish a Women’s Health Research Fund with the aim of closing gaps in scientific and medical knowledge in women’s health for both sex specific and non sex-specific conditions.
The Chief Scientist Office provide funding for the NHS Research Scotland Cardiovascular Network. The role of the Network is to support the delivery of high quality cardiovascular disease clinical research for the benefit of patients in Scotland and is currently providing support for the following clinical study:
Tako Genetics Study - Is There a Genetic Predisposition for Acute Stress-Induced (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy?
The Chief Scientist Office directly funds research through its 2 expert committees.
Applications on Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, and other heart conditions, are welcomed and in common with all other applications would go through a process of independent expert review in order to enable funding decisions to be made.
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Green Heat Finance Taskforce has met since its creation, and whether a summary of the discussions and action points from these meetings has been published by the Scottish Government.
Answer
The Green Heat Finance Taskforce has met five times, with future meetings scheduled on a bi-monthly basis. Further information on the Taskforce, along with a summary of the meeting discussions, is available on the Scottish Government website Heat in Buildings: Green Heat Finance Taskforce - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
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Current Status:
Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment its Subsidy Control Unit has made of the case for (a) merging CMAL and CalMac Ferries and (b) directly awarding public ferry contracts to an in-house operator.
Answer
The Subsidy Control implications of (a) merging CMAL and CalMac Ferries and (b) directly awarding public ferry contracts to an in-house operator will be considered in full as part of Ministers’ consideration of the issues.
