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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.

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Question reference: S6W-19161

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has suspended the Scottish Capital Investment Manual process, and, if so, when.

Question reference: S6W-19162

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what projects are impacted by the reported suspension of the Scottish Capital Investment Manual process.

Question reference: S6W-17430

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Ayrshire and Arran has consulted with it on any proposed service changes, and, if so, what changes were proposed, and when.

NHS Ayrshire & Arran engaged with the Scottish Government in late February about their interim arrangements for transferring the three Intensive Care Unit beds from University Hospital Ayr to University Hospital Crosshouse.

The Board has also engaged with the Scottish Government in recent years about their proposals to retain interim changes (made during the pandemic) to the model for delivery of local systemic anti-cancer therapies (including chemotherapy). The Board launched a formal consultation on the proposals which ran from 13 February to 19 May 2023 and the details can be accessed at: https://jointheconversation-nhsaaa.co.uk/sact-public-consultation-2 .

Question reference: S6W-18939

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent NatureScot report that states that the proportion of natural features in favourable condition on protected sites has fallen from 80.4% in 2016 to 76.4% in March 2023.

The statistics are disappointing, and we are working with NatureScot to identify the contributing factors. Key to progress will be tackling negative pressures in areas surrounding protected sites including the proliferation of invasive non-native species and overgrazing. Only through collaborative working at a landscape scale will negative pressures on protected areas be effectively tackled and biodiversity restored.

Later this year we will publish Scotland’s new Biodiversity Strategy. This will set out our vision to halt the loss of biodiversity by 2030 and restore and regenerate biodiversity by 2045. The delivery plan will include a range of actions in support of this vision including actions to drive landscape change and actions to expand, connect and improve our protected areas.

Question reference: S6W-19129

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what reprofiling of new NHS construction projects it has undertaken, and which projects have been considered.

Following publication of the Capital Spending Review and a subsequent review of the health portfolio’s capital programme, all projects that were in construction at the time of the review have continued to be progressed, including:

National Treatment Centres at Forth Valley, Golden Jubilee (Phase Two), Fife and Highland Health Boards
The Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre project
The upgrade of the Edinburgh Cancer Centre and the new national secure adolescent inpatient service in Irvine
The Glasgow Primary Care Hub project

The review also included a commitment to a doubling of expenditure on maintenance for the health capital programme, in line with the recommendations of the Infrastructure Commission for Scotland.

The Scottish Government’s Medium Term Financial Strategy will be reviewed in Summer 2023 to deliver an overall, affordable prioritisation of the capital programme to 2026-27. The outcome of this review will inform any reprofiling of capital projects for health and social care infrastructure.

Question reference: S6W-19135

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided for dementia research in each year since 2007.

The following table provides a breakdown of CSO funding in dementia research through project/fellowship funding and the annual funding provided to the NRS Dementia and Neuroprogressive Disease research network. Project and fellowship funding is allocated to the year in which the funding commitment was made. Data was extracted from the CSO database and covers research on Alzheimer’s Disease, other cause dementia and studies on cognitive ageing / decline. CSO’s research project funding panels were paused during 2020 due to COVID-19 related pressures but have since reopened.

Breakdown :

Year	Project / fellowship funding	NRS Network	Total
2022-23	£592,437	£566,000	£1,158,437
2021-22	£260,978	£527,000	£787,978
2020-21	£62,461	£506,000	£568,461
2019-20	£123,394	£506,000	£629,394
2018-19	£543,351	£506,000	£1,049,351
2017-18	£595,219	£496,000	£1,091,219
2016-17	£25,876	£491,000	£516,876
2015-16	£59,834	£486,000	£545,834
2014-15	£136,950	£486,000	£622,950
2013-14	£443,424	£481,000	£924,424
2012-13	£224,536	£481,000	£705,536
2011-12	£183,011	£475,754	£658,765
2010-11	£48,085	£395,661	£443,746
2009-10	£44,134	£340,330	£384,464
2008-09	0	£170,455	£170,455
2007-08	£156,248	N/A	£156,248

Question reference: S6W-19133

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18198 by Jenny Gilruth on 7 June 2023, whether it can confirm that only £50 million has been allocated to fund the teachers' pay settlement and that the remaining £155 million is still to be found within the education and skills budget for 2023-24.

Question reference: S6W-19053

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that NHS boards are taking a preventative approach to tackling osteoporosis.

Question reference: S6W-19055

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last spoke with NHS (a) Lanarkshire and (b) Forth Valley regarding fracture liaison services.

Question reference: S6W-19018

Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the National Treatment Centre for orthopaedics at Carrick Glen.