- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of cancer have been diagnosed at stage (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 in each year since 2018, broken down by the type of cancer.
Answer
At present, we only collect Detect Cancer Early data for breast, colorectal and lung cancers. Information on patients diagnosed with breast, colorectal or lung cancer during the two-year period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019 by cancer stage is available in the Detect Cancer Early Staging publication at
https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/detect-cancer-early-staging-data/detect-cancer-early-staging-data-year-8-1-january-2018-to-31-december-2019/
Information for the two-year period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 is due to be released on 19 October 2021. This information will be broken down by quarter.
Public Health Scotland are currently developing a dashboard to include provisional monthly and quarterly data for 2020 compared with both 2019 and the average of 2017-2019 for the three cancer sites (breast, colorectal and lung). It is expected that this will be released over August as part of the Covid-19 wider impacts dashboard .
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were waiting for routine surgery from NHS Scotland, as of 1 July 2021.
Answer
Data published by Public Health Scotland shows that at 31 March 2021, the number of patients waiting for treatment as an inpatient or day case was 94,781. The number of patients waiting over 12 weeks at 31 March 2021 was 61,901 (65.3%).
Further breakdown of this data can be accessed on page 28 of the full report at NHS waiting times - stage of treatment - Quarter ending 31 March 2021 - NHS waiting times - stage of treatment - Publications - Public Health Scotland
Data showing the number of patients waiting to be admitted for treatment as an inpatient or day case at 30 June 2021 will be published by Public Health Scotland on 24 August 2021.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its strategy is for the digitisation of people's medical records.
Answer
Our strategy is for all health records to be held electronically. The majority of people’s medical records are already digitised, following significant investment in GP IT systems in primary care and full implementation of the TrakCare patient management system in secondary care. We recognise, however, that paper-based records still exist within the service, particularly within individual clinical specialties, and that there remain a number of older records that have not been fully scanned or digitised. Health Boards continue to work through these challenges. Our forthcoming refreshed Digital Health & Care Strategy will set out further ambitions for greater patient access to their medical information.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether people who received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can find out whether their dose was manufactured in India.
Answer
The Serum Institute of India (SII) manufactures both Vaxzevria and Covishield, both branded vaccines are exactly the same COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine. All SII-made doses approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and administered in the UK were those branded as the ’COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca’ which is now known commercially as ‘Vaxzeria’. The MHRA has not approved doses branded as ‘Covishield’ and none were in administered in the UK.
All AstraZeneca vaccines given in the UK are the same product and appear on the NHS Vaccination status letter as Vaxzevria. The European Medicines Agency has authorised this vaccine and we are confident travel will not be affected.
Individuals can access the batch number of the vaccine they received in Scotland via a Subject Access Request from their GP.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 09 August 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many school teachers have been employed on temporary contracts in each year since 2006.
Answer
The full-time equivalent of teachers in temporary posts in each year since 2006 is shown in the following table.
Year | Full-time equivalent number of teachers in temporary posts | Percentage of teachers on temporary posts |
2006 | 4,188 | 8% |
2007 | 4,593 | 9% |
2008 | 5,014 | 10% |
2009 | 4,610 | 9% |
2010 | 5,358 | 11% |
2011 | 6,296 | 13% |
2012 | 6,070 | 12% |
2013 | 5,965 | 12% |
2014 | 5,823 | 12% |
2015 | 5,986 | 12% |
2016 | 5,733 | 11% |
2017 | 5,570 | 11% |
2018 | 5,563 | 11% |
2019 | 5,556 | 11% |
2020 | 6,259 | 12% |
Includes teachers from all sectors in schools (primary, secondary, special schools and centrally employed) but does not include early years teachers.
The FTE of teachers in a temporary post does include individuals on the teacher induction scheme
This information relates to each post that a teacher holds, rather than their employment contract. This means that a teacher may have a permanent employment contract with the local authority but be recorded with a temporary employment type for an individual post.
The question is based on teachers that hold a temporary post, rather than a temporary contract. In general teachers with a temporary post will have a temporary contract. However in some instances teachers in a temporary post may have a permanent contract, particularly where that teacher holds multiple posts with a local authority.
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any benefits for the economy from nuclear energy production (a) at present and (b) in the future.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S6W-01692 on 16 August 2021. 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: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the relative carbon intensities of electricity generated by (a) wind, (b) nuclear and (c) natural gas with carbon capture and storage.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S6W-02013 on 22 August 2021 . 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: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any benefits for (a) jobs and (b) skills from nuclear energy production (i) at present and (ii) in the future.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S6W-01692 on 16 August 2021. 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: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it is making to mitigate any adverse impact on Scotland's carbon emissions from the planned retirement of Torness Nuclear Power Station in 2030.
Answer
I refer the member to the question S6W-02013 on 22 August 2021 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: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 30 July 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the anticipated impact on the carbon intensity of Scotland’s electricity grid of the planned retirement of Hunterston B Power Station.
Answer
We have not made an assessment of this kind. Scottish Ministers’ view, as set out in our Climate Change Plan update, is that renewables, carbon capture technologies, storage, system flexibility and greater energy efficiency comprise a more efficient and economic means of meeting Scotland’s energy needs and emission reduction targets than investment in new large nuclear stations.
