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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-04989

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how convicted prisoners who identify as trans male or female are facilitated in the prison estate, and how many are currently held in each part of the prison estate, broken down by facility, prison or institution.

I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Interim Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:

Decisions by the SPS as to the most appropriate location to accommodate transgender people are made on an individualised basis, informed by a multi-disciplinary assessment of both risk and need.

Such decisions seek to protect both the wellbeing and rights of the individual as well as the welfare and rights of others around them, including staff, in order to achieve an outcome that balances risks and promotes the safety of all.

As of 3 December 2021, there were 15 transgender individuals held across 10 prisons in Scotland. In order to avoid the potential indirect identification of individuals, it is not appropriate to disaggregate the data as requested.

Question reference: S6W-04802

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 17 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will publish its annual report on the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme for 2020-21.

Question reference: S6W-04798

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04433 by Graeme Dey on 30 November 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding whether it has undertaken an assessment of introducing a specific scheme for island businesses that lose income as a result of ferry delays and cancellations, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.

There are no plans for a compensation scheme to be offered to businesses due to travel disruption as a result of ferry delays and cancellations. Any such scheme would be extremely challenging and would ultimately draw resources otherwise intended for the operation of ferry services.

Scottish Ministers do fully recognise the importance of reliable ferry services to the economic, social and cultural development of island and remote mainland communities. We have committed to investing at least £580 million in ports and vessels over the next five years to improve resilience.

CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL), have operational responsibility to deliver the lifeline services and work throughout disruptions to find ways to continue the freight and passenger service to the communities. However, it is impossible to completely remove the risk of disruption due to either inclement weather or other reasons.

Transport Scotland continue to work with CalMac Ferries Ltd and engage with local stakeholders in order to ensure any disruption to services have minimum impact on communities, and assess all the options available to maximise available capacity across the CHFS network.

Question reference: S6W-04785

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points are installed at each of its buildings, and which of its buildings have no such charging points.

The total number of electric vehicle charging points installed at each building on the core Scottish Government Estate is in the following table. Each charging point can charge 2 electric vehicles at the same time except the charging points at Bonnington, Atlantic Quay and Kirkwall which are single points.

PROPERTY	LOCATION	NUMBER OF CHARGING POINTS
Marine Laboratory	Aberdeen	6 Double Points
Ocean Trade Centre	Aberdeen	0
Fishery Office	Anstruther	0
Russell House	Ayr	0
Balivanich	Benbecula	0
Buckie Fishery Office	Buckie	0
Fishery Office	Campbeltown	0
Brooms Road	Dumfries	1 Double Point
Endeavour House	Dundee	0
Bute House	Edinburgh	1 Double Point
Governors House	Edinburgh	0
Saint Andrews House	Edinburgh	1 Double Point
Saughton House	Edinburgh	5 Double Points
Bonnington	Edinburgh	13 Single Points
Victoria Quay	Edinburgh	7 Double Points
SASA Labs	Edinburgh	6 Double Points
Alexander Fleming House	Elgin	0
Fishery Office	Eyemouth	0
Hadrian House	Falkirk	0
Fishery Office	Fraserburgh	0
Tweedbank	Galashiels	2 Double Points
Fruit Market	Glasgow	0
Atlantic Quay 5	Glasgow	1 Single Points
Atlantic Quay 4	Glasgow	0
The Links	Golspie	0
Cadzow Court	Hamilton	0
Bothwell House	Hamilton	0
Hamilton House	Hamilton	0
Longman House	Inverness	1 Double Point
Thainstone Court	Inverurie	1 Double Point
Fishery Office	Kinlochbervie	0
Unit 4B	Kinlochleven	0
Fishery Office	Kirkwall	0
Tankerness Lane	Kirkwall	1 Single Point
Fishery Office	Lerwick	0
Charlotte House	Lerwick	0
Denholm House	Livingston	0
Fishery Office	Lochinver	0
Fishery Office	Mallaig	0
Inchbraoch House	Montrose	0
Cameron House	Oban	3 Double Points
Strathearn House	Perth	0
Fishery Office	Peterhead	0
Fresh Water Laboratory	Pitlochry	1 Double Point
Scorrybreck	Portree	0
Fishery Office	Scrabster	0
Keith Street	Stornoway	0
Fishery Office	Stornoway	0
Station Street	Stranraer	0
Shieldaig Field Station	Strathcarron	0
Fishery Office	Tarbert	0
Strathbeg House	Thurso	2 Double Points
Crossapol	Tiree	0
Fishery Office	Ullapool	0

Question reference: S6W-04801

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when the Parole Board for Scotland will publish its annual report and accounts for 2020-21.

Question reference: S6W-04690

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
Current Status: Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of emergency bed days that have been allocated to patients as a result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in each year since 2018, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-04689

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much financial resource it has allocated to (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and (b) clean air awareness campaigns, in each year since 2016.

The Scottish Government provides baseline funding to NHS Boards, which Boards use to best meet the healthcare needs of their resident population. In addition, the Scottish Government has ensured that additional Covid related costs reported by Health Boards and Integration Authorities have been met in full, including £862 million allocated to date in 2021-22. Further allocations will be made over the course of the year to ensure that our health and care services continue to receive the support required to address pressures relating to the pandemic.

Detail on how this funding has been used to specifically support protecting people with pre-existing respiratory illnesses, such as COPD, would require to be requested from NHS Boards.

The Scottish Government has provided the following funding to support Clean Air Day each year since it started in 2017. Clean Air Day is a UK wide annual clean air awareness campaign run by the environmental charity Global Action Plan. Since 2018 in Scotland, Clean Air Day is run jointly by Global Action Plan and Environmental Protection Scotland, also an environmental charity.

Year	Global Action Plan	Environmental Protection Scotland	TOTAL
2016	-	-	-
2017	55,800	-	55,800
2018	31,920	30,000	61,920
2019	26,950	50,919	77,869
2020	25,175	50,919	76,094
2021	25,175	56,950	82.125

Question reference: S6W-04691

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care last met with representatives of the British Lung Foundation to discuss (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) lung diseases similar to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Question reference: S6W-04631

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed at Scottish Government buildings or premises in each of the last four financial years, including 2021-22 to date, also broken down by the building concerned.

The following electric vehicle charging points have been installed at Core Scottish Government buildings or premises in each of the last four financial years, including 2021-22 to date

2018-2019

Dumfries

2 x wall mounted smart sockets

Thurso

2 x wall mounted smart sockets

Bonnington, Edinburgh

8 x wall mounted smart sockets

Saughton House, Edinburgh

1 x 22kW dual charging post

Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

1 x 22kW dual charging post

2019-2020

Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

6 x 7kW dual outlet

1 x 50kW triple outlet

1 x 22kW dual outlet

Saughton House, Edinburgh

1 x 22kW dual outlet

4 x 7kW dual outlet

Marine Lab, Aberdeen

4 x 7kW dual outlet

2 x 22kW dual outlet

Faskally

1 x 7kW dual outlet

Cameron House, Oban

2 x 7kW dual outlet

1 x 22W dual outlet

Longman House, Inverness

2 x 22W dual outlet

Atlantic Quay, Galsgow

1 x 7kW dual outlet wallbox

Tankerness, Orkney

1 x 7kW dual outlet wallbox

Stornoway

1 x 7kW dual outlet wallbox

2020-21

Projects delayed due to Covid.

2021-2022

Victoria Quay, Edinburgh

1 x 22kw dual outlet

Saughton House, Edinburgh

2 x 22kw dual outlet

Question reference: S6W-04688

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the NHS (a) Ayrshire and Arran and (b) Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.

Estimated number of adults (aged 16+) with doctor-diagnosed COPD in Scotland (1) , rounded to the nearest 1,000

Ayrshire & Arran	15,000
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	47,000
(1) Estimates are based on Scottish Health Survey 2016-2019 combined doctor-diagnosed COPD prevalence figures and NRS 2019 mid-year population estimates.