- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who had elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire in 2022, were treated (a) by NHS Lanarkshire (b) by another health board and (c) in a private hospital, broken down by procedure.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
More detailed information on the procedure(s) that are planned or undertaken for a patient will be held locally by NHS Boards. We would therefore advise contacting NHS Boards to obtain this data.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time for elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire is, broken down by procedure.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government.
Statistics relating to the waits patients experience for inpatient or day case treatment at specialty level are published up to 30 September 2022 and can be found using the following link:
https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/17040/ipdc_nov22.xlsx
The statistics published in the tables above include the median wait on tab ‘2.1 Table’ and not an average. The median is used because an average (mean) can be skewed incorrectly by a small number of very long waits that are recorded in error in the national data.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people, who were awaiting elective surgery in NHS Lanarkshire, had their procedure cancelled in each month since May 2021, broken down by procedure.
Answer
Public Health Scotland publishes monthly statistics relating to the number of cancelled planned operations at health board level, a summary of which is available the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancelled-planned-operations/
The latest statistics published cover the period up to 31 December 2022 and the number of planned operations that were cancelled each month from May 2021 onwards can be found within the tab ‘Publication table’ in the following link:
https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/media/17421/2023-02-07-cancellations.xlsx
These statistics are sourced from local theatre systems and only includes cancellations that were cancelled the day before, or on the day the patient was due to be treated. PHS does not collect information on cancellations that occur prior to this. Please note, data are provided at specialty level only, PHS are unable to provide data at procedure level.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the forecast capacity requirements for elective treatment in NHS Lanarkshire are for the next 10 years, broken down by procedure, and how these requirements will be met in each case.
Answer
This information is not held centrally by the Scottish government or PHS.
Operational planning and decision making with regards to capacity is the responsibility of individual NHS Boards.
The Scottish Government is working closely with Boards to maximise capacity and efficiency for planned care. NHSScotland’s Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD), launched in 2021, plays a central role in working with health boards to ensure that they are able to continually identify new ways to increase capacity, and to respond to demand through service innovation and redesign. As well as creating additional capacity, the aim is to develop new pathways of care that are more efficient, enhance delivery of services in community settings, and reduce the variation and waiting times for planned care by adopting minimum standards to deliver higher volume activity.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 15 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many mid-market rent properties have been converted to social rent (a) with its permission within and (b) outwith the Affordable Housing Supply Programme in each year since 2007.
Answer
Ministers have given permission to councils’ requests that 556 National Housing Trust (NHT) mid-market rent homes be converted to social rent as part of agreed NHT exit strategies. We do not collate data on other mid-market homes within the Affordable Housing Supply Programme which may have converted to social rent but these cases will have been minimal.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent communication it has had with public bodies, including local authorities and the NHS, regarding the safety of buildings affected by the ban on combustible cladding materials that will require some form of remediation.
Answer
The ban of combustible cladding that came into force on 1 June 2022 through the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 applies to new buildings, conversions and to existing buildings where the external wall cladding system is being replaced. The regulations do not apply retrospectively to existing buildings.
The Scottish Government communicated the changes to the building regulations to all local authorities as well as a range of stakeholders groups including the NHS, by written means and/or through participation in expert panels. Consultation exercises, social media releases, blogs and dissemination events were also used to reach key groups.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in relation to the Building Safety Register.
Answer
The Scottish Government has committed to introduce a Register of Buildings by the end of this Parliament. The Register of Buildings will hold information on buildings that have been assessed though the Cladding Remediation Programme. Single Building Assessment reports and remediation activity will define the information that needs to be held in the Register. As this work progresses we are developing the information base for the Register.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-01324 by Shona Robison on 7 September 2022, what evidence it used to substantiate the statement that “we expect the vast majority of buildings that will be assessed to be found to be safe” prior to any form of building assessment for combustible cladding materials.
Answer
Buildings within the scope of the Cladding Remediation Programme will be subject to a process of increasing assessment scrutiny.
A baseline assessment will identify those buildings which require a full assessment based on an evaluation of fire risk.
The proportion of buildings identified as requiring a full assessment is likely to be low when considering the total number of eligible buildings. This assessment is in line with a House of Commons analysis of the scale of the problems in England.
Single Building Assessments are demand-led and are free for all buildings with residential flatted properties regardless of tenure.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the number of buildings that are used (i) for the provision of residential care, (ii) for sheltered housing, (iii) as a place of assembly, entertainment or recreation, (iv) as a hospital and (v) as shared multi-occupancy residential complexes and have been identified as having combustible cladding materials that will require remediation.
Answer
The Scottish Government expects duty holders, including local authorities and the NHS, to deliver a safe environment for all users including the building types in question. The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 requires that duty holders carry out a fire safety risk assessment of relevant premises to identify any risks to the safety of persons caused by fire, including the risk posed by combustible cladding.
The ban of combustible cladding that came into force on 1 June 2022 through the Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 applies to new buildings, conversions and to existing buildings where the external wall cladding system is being replaced. The regulations do not apply retrospectively to existing buildings.
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how (a) the Scottish Government and (b) local authorities monitor the number of landlords with buy-to-let mortgages in arrears, and what steps it (i) has taken and (ii) will take to prevent tenants being evicted due to lender repossession.
Answer
The Scottish Government monitors statistics collected by UK Finance on the number of buy-to-let mortgages in arrears across the UK. The latest trends are reported by the Scottish Government in the Scottish Housing Market Review, which is published each quarter as a resource for housing market stakeholders, including local authorities.
The Scottish Government is providing all local authorities with an annual share of £30.5 million in 2023-24 for homelessness prevention and response measures. We recognise that support to tenants being evicted is important and PRS landlords are under a duty to inform the local authority if their tenant is being evicted and at risk of homelessness. Anyone experiencing homelessness should contact their local authority as they have a legal duty to offer a minimum of temporary accommodation, advice and assistance to anyone at risk of homelessness. Organisations such as Shelter Scotland and Citizens Advice Scotland are also able to provide advice and guidance.
