- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus Robertson on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Scottish Census is reportedly over budget by £21.6 million.
Answer
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ministers agreed to move the date of Scotland’s Census from March 2021 to March 2022. This decision was taken to address significant pandemic risks to the successful completion of the census and to the delivery of the benefits required by the people of Scotland.
The impact of an extra year adds to the programme lifecycle cost, with the major financial implications of the move to 2022 being:
- The cost of extending suppliers contracts; and
- The programme’s headcount being maintained for an extra year.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) undertook significant engagement with the multiple census suppliers, with initial and final repricing exercises, interrogation of costs and an extensive resource planning exercise. This work assessed estimated additional costs of up to £21.6m for the delivery of Scotland’s Census in 2022 across the remaining lifecycle of the programme.
NRS continues to deliver against the revised plan with arrangements for Scotland’s Census 2022 well advanced.
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what carbon metric-based recycling targets it has considered setting for local authorities.
Answer
As previously set out, we are working with industry, local government and environmental groups to develop a route map to deliver our waste and recycling targets for 2025. This work will be critical in determining how the waste and resources sector, including local government, will contribute towards lower carbon emissions in the period to 2030 and beyond, including the approach to evaluating progress against our goal to reduce emissions.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether data on the operational performance of ScotRail after it has been nationalised will be made publicly available on a regular basis.
Answer
It is anticipated that there will be no change and that ScotRail Trains Limited will continue to publish the same information on operational performance as is currently published by Abellio ScotRail.
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to prepare for the nationalisation of ScotRail in 2022.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-04716 on 13 December 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the objectives are of the Fair Fare Review.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-04763 on 14 December 2021. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers .
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicles are in its vehicle fleet, broken down by (a) the purpose of the vehicle, (b) the manufacturer and model of the vehicle and (c) the year of manufacture of the vehicle.
Answer
The Scottish Government fleet (including Government Car Service and Transport Scotland) is currently made up of 221 vehicles.
This number will reduce in the coming weeks, as new vehicles are issued and their replacements are disposed.
The following table details the fleet broken down by purpose, manufacturer and model and year of registration.
Purpose (1) | Manufacturer and model | Year registered | No. of vehicles |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Kia E-Niro | 2019 | 1 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Kia Optima PHEV | 2017 | 1 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Kia Optima PHEV | 2019 | 8 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Tesla Model 3 | 2020 | 3 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Tesla Model 3 | 2021 | 7 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Volkswagen Passat PHEV | 2017 | 1 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Volvo S90 PHEV | 2021 | 1 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Volvo V90 PHEV | 2019 | 5 |
Ministerial Transport (Government Car Service) | Volvo V90 PHEV | 2021 | 1 |
Pool | BMW i3 | 2018 | 1 |
Pool | BMW i3 Range extender | 2018 | 2 |
Pool | Citroen Berlingo | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Citroen Relay | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Ford Focus | 2013 | 14 |
Pool | Ford Focus | 2014 | 1 |
Pool | Ford Tourneo Connect | 2015 | 1 |
Pool | Ford Transit Custom PHEV | 2020 | 3 |
Pool | Iveco Eurocargo | 2012 | 1 |
Pool | Kia Ceed PHEV | 2021 | 3 |
Pool | Kia E-Niro | 2019 | 7 |
Pool | Kia E-Niro | 2021 | 14 |
Pool | Kia Niro PHEV | 2019 | 6 |
Pool | Kia Optima PHEV | 2019 | 3 |
Pool | Mercedes Axor | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Mercedes Sprinter | 2018 | 1 |
Pool | Mercedes Sprinter | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Mercedes Sprinter Minibus | 2014 | 1 |
Pool | Mitsubishi L200 | 2017 | 6 |
Pool | Mitsubishi L200 | 2018 | 7 |
Pool | Mitsubishi L200 | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander | 2017 | 1 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2014 | 3 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2015 | 3 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2017 | 4 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2018 | 8 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2020 | 10 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2021 | 2 |
Pool | Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV | 2019 | 12 |
Pool | Nissan eNV200 | 2014 | 1 |
Pool | Nissan eNV200 | 2015 | 2 |
Pool | Nissan Leaf | 2014 | 1 |
Pool | Nissan Leaf | 2017 | 2 |
Pool | Nissan Leaf | 2018 | 1 |
Pool | Nissan Navarra | 2016 | 1 |
Pool | Nissan NV200 | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Nissan X-Trail | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Peugeot 2008 | 2014 | 2 |
Pool | Polaris EV | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Renault Kangoo | 2017 | 3 |
Pool | Renault Kangoo | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Skoda Fabia | 2012 | 2 |
Pool | Skoda Octavia | 2013 | 6 |
Pool | Skoda Octavia | 2014 | 1 |
Pool | Skoda Octavia | 2017 | 11 |
Pool | Skoda Octavia | 2017 | 2 |
Pool | Skoda Octavia Scout | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Skoda Superb | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Skoda Superb | 2017 | 1 |
Pool | Skoda Superb | 2017 | 1 |
Pool | Toyota Auris | 2017 | 2 |
Pool | Toyota Auris | 2018 | 3 |
Pool | Toyota Corolla | 2019 | 2 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2013 | 1 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2015 | 2 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2020 | 2 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2021 | 2 |
Pool | Toyota Hilux | 2021 | 1 |
Pool | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 2014 | 3 |
Pool | Toyota Prius Plug-In | 2015 | 3 |
Pool | Toyota Proace Electric | 2021 | 1 |
Pool | Toyota Yaris | 2015 | 1 |
Pool | Vauxhall Astra | 2015 | 5 |
Pool | Volvo S90 PHEV | 2019 | 1 |
Pool | Volvo S90 PHEV | 2020 | 1 |
Notes
1. With exception to vehicles operated to transport Ministers, all other vehicles are operated as pool vehicles, allocated to specific business areas and are used for multiple business related purposes.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Current Status:
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have (a) contracted and (b) died from fungal infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, since the public inquiry was announced in June 2020.
Answer
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Angela Constance on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it will allocate to NHS Ayrshire and Arran to manage drug-related hospital stays, in response to recent Public Health Scotland statistics, which state that the NHS board had the highest rate of drug-related hospital stays in 2020-21.
Answer
Integrated Joint Bodies are best placed to decide how funding can be used to best respond to local needs in their own communities. To allow them to do so, Scottish Government funding to support Alcohol and Drug Partnership projects is transferred to the NHS Boards via their baseline allocations for onward delegation to Integration Authorities. This year NHS Ayrshire and Arran received £6,779,624.
That funding has increased dramatically as part of the national mission to tackle the drug deaths emergency in Scotland: we are allocating an additional £250 million over the next five years to improve and increase access to services for people affected by drug addiction.
We are clear that any opportunities to engage with people in crisis, including those who have experienced near-fatal overdose, should be explored in order to encourage access to appropriate treatment. The implementation of the new Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards will ensure that anyone identified through hospital admission as being at risk of drug-related harms or near-fatal overdose will be identified, prioritised and supported into the treatment that is right for them.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Current Status:
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many death certificates recorded aspergillus infection as the (a) primary and (b) secondary cause of death of patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, in each year since the hospital opened.
Answer
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Current Status:
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where aspergillus infection was diagnosed, in each year since the hospital opened.
Answer
Holding Answer by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
