- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many non-departmental bodies there are; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 3 categories of non-departmental public bodies: executive non-departmental public bodies, advisory non-departmental public bodies and tribunals. There are 45 executive non-departmental public bodies, 9 advisory non-departmental public bodies and 3 tribunals. The following tables for each of these categories, contain year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Executive non-departmental public bodies
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Accounts Commission for Scotland | 1975 | £0 | 0 |
Architecture and Design Scotland | 2004 | £1,490,000 | 30 |
Bòrd na Gidhlig | 2006 | £5,125,000 | 24 |
Cairngorms National Park Authority | 2003 | £7,067,000 | 104 |
Care Inspectorate | 2011 | £25,389,000 | 624 |
Children’s Hearings Scotland | 2013 | £5,029,000 | 46 |
Community Justice Scotland | 2017 | £2,924,000 | 46 |
Creative Scotland | 2010 | £32,582,000 | 132 |
Crofting Commission | 2012 | £3,900,000 | 55 |
David MacBrayne Ltd | 2006 | £0 | 46 |
Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd | 2019 | £33,400,000 | 359 |
Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd | 1995 | £61,857,000 | 702 |
Highlands and Islands Enterprise | 1991 | £62,245,000 | 274 |
Historic Environment Scotland | 2015 | £67,100,000 | 1,488 |
Independent Living Fund Scotland | 2018 | £53,300,000 | 63 |
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority | 2002 | £10,294,000 | 195 |
National Galleries of Scotland | 1906 | £22,050,000 | 404 |
National Library of Scotland | 1925 | £17,605,000 | 331 |
National Museums of Scotland | 1985 | £27,574,000 | 485 |
NatureScot (replaced Scottish Natural Heritage) | 1992 | £47,411,000 | 779 |
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner | 2013 | £5,824,000 | 87 |
Quality Meat Scotland | 2008 | £0 | 28 |
Redress Scotland | 2021 | £5,000,000 | 27 |
Risk Management Authority | 2005 | £1,835,000 | 24 |
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh | 1985 | £26,170,000 | 285 |
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board | 1949 | £0 | 0 |
Scottish Canals | 2012 | £22,700,000 | 316 |
Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration | 1996 | £26,860,000 | 503 |
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission | 1999 | £1,219,000 | 10 |
Scottish Enterprise | 1991 | £251,220,000 | 1,047 |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency | 1996 | £36,106,000 | 1,220 |
Scottish Funding Council | 2004 | £1,946,622,000 | 117 |
Scottish Futures Trust | 2008 | £3,800,000 | 73 |
Scottish Land Commission | 2017 | £1,550,000 | 17 |
Scottish Legal Aid Board | 1987 | £151,300,000 | 356 |
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission | 2008 | £0 | 56 |
Scottish National Investment Bank | 2020 | £214,900,000 | 67 |
Scottish Qualifications Authority | 1996 | £24,131,000 | 1,033 |
Scottish Rail Holdings Ltd | 2022 | £0 | 17 |
Scottish Social Services Council | 2001 | £16,035,000 | 328 |
Skills Development Scotland | 2008 | £224,200,000 | 1,635 |
Sportscotland | 1971 | £33,600,000 | 348 |
South of Scotland Enterprise Agency | 2020 | £36,003,000 | 145 |
VisitScotland | 1969 - as Scottish Tourist Board | £46,712,000 | 593 |
Water Industry Commission for Scotland | 2005 | £0 | 28 |
Advisory non-departmental public bodies
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland | 2009 | £436,000 | 7 |
Boundaries Scotland | 1973 | £437,000 | 6 |
Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland | 2002 | £170,000 | 12 |
Poverty and Inequality Commission | 2019 | £317,296 | 0 |
Scottish Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards | 1998 | £74,393 | 0 |
Scottish Commission on Social Security | 2019 | £340,000 | 6 |
Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel | 2022 | £150,000 | 2 |
Scottish Law Commission | 1965 | £1,055,000 | 16 |
Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee (stood down in 2013) | 2004 | £25,318.16 | 0 |
Tribunals
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022 |
First - tier Tribunal for Scotland | 2016 | £0 | 112 |
Parole Board for Scotland | 1968 | £2,944,000 | 26 |
Upper Tribunal for Scotland | 2016 | £0 | 2 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many other agencies, organisations and public bodies there are that it is responsible for which are not public corporations, non-departmental bodies, executive agencies or tribunals; how (a) much funding and (b) many staff each has in 2022-23, and in which year each was established.
Answer
There are 18 other significant public bodies. The following table for other significant public bodies contains year of establishment, funding and staff numbers.
Public Body | Year of Establishment | Funding 2022-23 | Staff numbers Q3 2022-23 |
Audit Scotland | 2000 | £11,600,000 | 330 |
Convener of School Closure Review Panels | 2010 | less than £400,000 | 0 |
Court of Lord Lyon | 1867 | £100,000 | 0 |
Drinking Water Quality Regulator | 2002 | £963,000 | 12 |
HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland | 2012 | £1,798,000 | 0 |
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland | 1981 | £1,035,000 | 0 |
HM Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland | 2003 | £425,000 | 0 |
HM Fire Service Inspectorate in Scotland | 2013 | £732,000 | 0 |
Justices of the Peace Advisory Committee (6 bodies, the breakdown is the following): | administered by the Local Authority | | |
Glasgow and Strathkelvin | | £0 | 0 |
Grampian, Highlands and Islands | | £0 | 2 |
Lothian and Borders | | £0 | 2 |
North Strathclyde | | £0 | 2 |
South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | | £0 | 0 |
Tayside, Central and Fife | | £0 | 2 |
Office of the King’s Printer for Scotland | 1998 | £116,000 | 0 |
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service | 2013 | £326,707,000 | 4,633 |
Scottish Police Authority | 2013 | £1,291,282,000 | 6,163 |
Scottish Road Works Commissioner | 2007 | £300,000 | 6 |
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 21 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) the Scottish Ambulance Service and (b) NHS24 has done to assess the flow of patients with diabetes using their services out of hours, and what activity has arisen from any such assessments.
Answer
As part of the Scottish Diabetes Group, we have established work streams to identify efficiencies and opportunities within the Scottish Ambulance Service. This work is still in very early stages, however there is an established process in NHS Fife and NHS Grampian that links Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) data from the patient report form with SCI-Diabetes. This system ensures local diabetes teams have information about patients presenting to SAS with hypoglycaemic episode, in order to provide rapid, informed and appropriate follow up care. We are working closely with SAS and NHS Boards to further increase this connection across Scotland.
The Scottish Diabetes Group will take forward actions to improve services provided by NHS24 for people living with diabetes in the next year.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13427 by Lorna Slater on 19 January 2023, what further work is currently underway to ensure that the interactions between minimum unit pricing and the Deposit Return Scheme are understood, and what discussions it has had with the industry on this issue.
Answer
Scottish Government officials are undertaking work to ensure that the interactions between Minimum Unit Price and the Deposit Return Scheme are fully understood. This work includes engagement with stakeholders.
For example, a planned evaluation of the Deposit Return Scheme will explore consumer behaviours prior to the scheme’s introduction, a year after implementation and two years after implementation.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards include patient-reported outcomes as part of their clinical consultations, with a view to discussing emotional health.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 10 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote and review the usage of the diabetes dashboard.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question: S6W-14424 on 10 February 2023. 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: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13502 by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023, how much it has spent on those areas in each year since 2007.
Answer
The health and social care staff wellbeing programme started in 2020 – 21. Prior to this, it did not have a dedicated budget.
In 2020 – 21 we spent £5 million. In 2021 – 22 we spent £12 million. The 2021- 22 spend was much higher due to additional Covid consequentials funding that is no longer available.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 10 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to ensure that healthcare professionals, SCI-Diabetes and e-health teams work collaboratively to ensure that changes implemented in SCI-Diabetes support clinical care and drive improvement in diabetes care.
Answer
The SCI-Diabetes eHealth Clinical Lead provides regular updates to the Scottish Diabetes Group and Managed Clinical Networks in order to ensure that the clinical community is aware of the functionality of the dashboard and how they can work together to continuously improve it.
Any individual healthcare professional or clinical team can submit a change request to SCI-Diabetes team. Any change request made to the SCI-Diabetes system must demonstrate how the change will support clinical care and improve patient care more broadly.
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to improve the timely inputting into relevant systems of the details of any patients with diabetes, across all levels of social deprivation, who have foot ulcers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14412 on 9 February 2023. 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: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2023
-
Current Status:
Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve the healing rates through a reduced rate of major amputations amongst people with diabetes.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-14412 on 9 February 2023. 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
