- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what research it (a) has conducted and (b) plans to conduct into excessive sugar consumption and its suppression of the enzyme, glutamine synthetase.
Answer
The Scottish Government funds research through the Chief Scientist's office.
Researchers can apply to the Chief Scientist Office for funding. The CSO's Translational Clinical Studies Committee and the Health Improvement, Protection and Services Research Committees each meet twice per year to consider funding applications. Details of the application process are published on the CSO website. http://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/funding-2/
Applications looking at excessive sugar consumption and its suppression of the enzyme, glutamine synthetase may be submitted to the CSO funding committees. In common with all other applications, these would go through the CSO's standard independent peer review process.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes were built in 2018-19, broken down by local authority.
Answer
The following table shows the number of affordable homes delivered in 2018-19 between 1 April 2018 and 31 December 2018. Figures for the final quarter, 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019, will be published in June 2019 and may differ slightly from the figures previously published by the Scottish Government More Homes Division for a number of reasons, including: differences in data extraction dates and changes made to the historical data after the original publication.
All published quarterly figures for 2018-19 can be found at the following link: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration
Please note that as well as new build homes, the Affordable Housing Supply Programme includes rehabilitation projects, off the shelf purchases and homes for low-cost home ownership from existing housing stock:
Council | New Build | Off the Shelf | Rehabilitation | TOTAL |
Aberdeenshire | 138 | 85 | 0 | 223 |
Angus | 57 | 15 | 0 | 72 |
Argyll & Bute | 62 | 3 | 0 | 65 |
City of Aberdeen | 232 | 205 | 0 | 437 |
Clackmannanshire | 31 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 59 | 28 | 0 | 87 |
Dundee | 99 | 38 | 0 | 137 |
East Ayrshire | 46 | 1 | 0 | 47 |
East Dunbartonshire | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
East Lothian | 63 | 87 | 0 | 150 |
East Renfrewshire | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Edinburgh | 453 | 137 | 0 | 590 |
Falkirk | 30 | 51 | 0 | 81 |
Fife | 167 | 104 | 0 | 271 |
Glasgow | 389 | 86 | 41 | 516 |
Highland | 418 | 152 | 4 | 574 |
Inverclyde | 41 | 4 | 0 | 45 |
Midlothian | 83 | 80 | 0 | 163 |
Moray | 32 | 12 | 0 | 44 |
North Ayrshire | 180 | 12 | 0 | 192 |
North Lanarkshire | 193 | 39 | 0 | 232 |
Orkney Islands | 28 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
Perth & Kinross | 102 | 216 | 0 | 318 |
Renfrewshire | 127 | 17 | 0 | 144 |
Scottish Borders | 126 | 48 | 0 | 174 |
Shetland | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
South Ayrshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Lanarkshire | 98 | 20 | 10 | 128 |
Stirling | 47 | 13 | 0 | 60 |
West Dunbartonshire | 84 | 12 | 0 | 96 |
West Lothian | 336 | 230 | 0 | 566 |
Western Isles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
TOTAL | 3,757 | 1,708 | 58 | 5,523 |
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2019
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the Scottish Heart Failure Nurse Forum's warning of a “potential crisis in care delivery".
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2019
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Clare Haughey on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the significant decrease in the number of people from Scotland aged 16 to 24 who self-assessed as having good or very good health, according to the Scottish Core Questions Survey 2017.
Answer
We have noted this decrease in self-reported wellbeing. Evidence suggests that the underlying causes are an increasing proportion of this age group reporting long-term conditions and lower levels of mental wellbeing.
Mental health is an absolute priority for this Government. We have put in place a ten year strategy to improve access to mental health services, backed by an additional £150 million over five years. Additionally, the 2018-19 Programme for Government has mental health at its very heart. It contains a package of measures to support positive mental health and prevent ill health. These new actions build on the Mental Health Strategy and will be backed by £250 million of additional investment.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to consider the applicability of recommendations from the review of England's cancer screening programmes to help improve similar services in Scotland.
Answer
The review of England’s cancer screening was commissioned by NHS England and is expected to culminate in recommendations about future commissioning and delivery of cancer screening programmes in England. The independent review is being conducted by Professor Sir Mike Richards and is expected to report in Summer 2019. The Scottish Government has not had any direct involvement in the review of England's cancer screening.
The Scottish Government is advised on all aspects of screening by the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) and the Scottish Screening Committee. Both Committees will consider any recommendations which come from the review, and advise Scottish Government on any implications for cancer screening services in Scotland.
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what involvement it has had in the review of England's cancer screening programme and how it will use opportunities to learn lessons from its recommendations.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-22908 on 8 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 8 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing an ID card for young carers, primarily to assist with collecting from pharmacies.
Answer
The Scottish Government supported piloting of young carer identification cards in six local authority areas in 2012. Based on the learning from these pilots, we offered all local authorities one-off grant funding to establish similar cards and recommended the ongoing costs were covered through previous Carer Information Strategy funding. It was made clear that this was a local decision. Some areas decided not to establish a card because of concerns they would be stigmatising.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published guidance in its Medicines, Ethics and Practice professional guide for pharmacists about children collecting medicines from a pharmacy, with one consideration being that the child may be a young carer: https://www.rpharms.com/resources/quick-reference-guides/children-collecting-medicines-from-a-pharmacy .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on increasing the funding that is awarded by the Chief Scientist Office and the Scottish Funding Council for mental health research.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S5W-22808 on 7 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that funding for cardiovascular research does not adequately reflect the impact that cardiovascular disease has on the population and the economy.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S5W-22808 on 7 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2019
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 May 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the concerns that have been raised by the mental health charity, Miricyl, that a relatively small share of funding is allocated to mental health research compared with that for physical health.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S5W-22808 on 7 May 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .
