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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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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-10533

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 nursing and midwifery training places that are available for the academic year 2022-23 are unfilled.

The Scottish Government remains committed to supporting and growing our nursing and midwifery workforce. That is why student nurses and midwives entering Scottish Government funded degree programmes will increase by 8.7% in 2022-23, to a total recommended target intake of 4837 nursing and midwifery students.

Universities are continuing their recruitment for programmes commencing in the 2022-23 academic year. Final data on the number of placed applicants on nursing and midwifery programmes commencing in the 2022-23 academic year will not be available until January 2023.

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.

Question reference: S6F-01351

Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

To ask the First Minister whether she will provide an update on the Scottish Government's support for the people of Pakistan as they face ongoing devastation following severe monsoon flash flooding.

Question reference: S6F-01349

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01348

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6T-00873

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding the impact in Scotland of the reported plans of the UK Government to grant up to 130 new oil and gas exploration licences.