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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-18828

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it invested £170 million in 2022-23 through the Primary Care Improvement Fund, as outlined in its National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-18881

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its plans to introduce a distinctly Scottish approach to apprenticeships, whether it has any plans to (a) introduce specific apprenticeships for allied health professionals and (b) expand existing bursaries for people to study health professions to also cover allied health professionals.

The Scottish Government continues to work closely with partners including Higher Education Institutions, Health Boards, Skills Development Scotland, and the Scottish Funding Council on skills development, employability and widening access to NHS Scotland careers, including the development of progressive career opportunities for existing staff and the development of apprenticeship models to provide an ‘earn and learn’ pathway.

1. I refer the member to the recently published recommendations from the Scottish Government’s AHP Education & Workforce Policy Review, which made reference to developing sustainable "earn and learn" routes for the AHP professions in Scotland. This work is being taken forward by the Skills for Health and Social Care Group who are overseeing the development of a suite of progressive career development opportunities for new and existing staff through learn as you earn models. AHPs are represented on this group via the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer and several Scottish Government AHP policy officials.

2. The Scottish Government has protected free tuition for Scottish-domiciled students undertaking under-graduate courses. There is a range of mechanisms to become an AHP at both under-graduate and post-graduate levels. At this moment in time there are no plans to extend bursaries to a wider group of AHPs.

Question reference: S6W-18893

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the Technology Enabled Care programme in each year since 2015.

Question reference: S6W-18874

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of any requirement for an enabling regulatory environment, which would allow a blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading platform to function through the legal recognition and protection of incorporeal moveable property.

Question reference: S6W-18942

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when the Green Heat Finance Taskforce (a) last met and (b) will next meet.

Question reference: S6W-19096

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides for community-run cultural venues and assets.

The Scottish Government supports a range of organisations which help preserve our culture and heritage in communities across Scotland.

Creative Scotland support community-run venues and assets through funds such as their Open Fund and partner funds like Awards for All. The Creative Scotland Regular Funding Network includes support for community-run venues including Lyra, Stove Network and WHALE arts.

Question reference: S6W-19097

Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding each of its international offices has received in each of the last five years.

The funding that each Scottish Government International Office has received for the last five years is as noted below.

There are no previous financial records on the table prior to 2022 for Copenhagen as this is the year it opened.

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
	000’s	000’s	000’s	000’s	000’s
Beijing, China	553	554	550	567	482
Washington DC, United States	807	811	805	794	782
Ottawa, Canada	575	575	570	634	600
Paris, France	545	558	556	659	673
Dublin, Ireland	541	572	596	593	547
Berlin, Germany	549	549	555	572	591
Brussels, Belgium	2,079	2,088	2,310	2,467	2,441
London, England	1,995	2,041	2,197	2,180	2,157
Copenhagen, Denmark				598	693

Question reference: S6W-19090

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has incorporated the findings of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 2022 study, Carbon Neutrality in the UNECE Region: Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources, in its modelling of Scotland’s future electricity system.

Question reference: S6W-19067

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress, including the timetable, regarding the proposed legislation to end conversion practices.

Conversion practices that try to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are harmful, discriminatory, and have no place in our society. We are clear in our commitment to introduce legislation to end conversion practices in Scotland.

Detailed proposals for legislation are now being developed, taking careful consideration of the report of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, the work of the Expert Advisory Group on Ending Conversion Practices, experiences from other countries and engagement with stakeholders, including those with lived experience of conversion practices.

These proposals will be published in a public consultation.

Question reference: S6W-19086

Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated the average annual greenhouse gas emissions that may have been avoided by generation at Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Analysis undertaken as part of the analysis underpinning the draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan does not show any significant negative impacts from the closure of Hunterston B and Torness nuclear power stations on Scotland’s CO2 emissions.

Under this modelling, the reduction in electricity generation from nuclear power plants in Scotland will be compensated for by the vast expansion of low-cost renewables and flexible technologies such as storage, not by fossil fuel plants which would increase greenhouse gas emissions.