Michael Marra

26 Aug 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in line with the agreed procedure, whether it will provide the Scottish Fiscal Commission with a public sector pay policy ahead of its Budget for 2025-26.

20 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of all European structural fund projects commenced in the last 10 years that were completed by December 2023, including the notional allocation of structural funds to each project.

Answer · Kate Forbes: An up-to-date list of European Structural Fund projects, including notional allocations, is available on our website: European Structural and Investment Funds: operations funding - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) .

19 Jun 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the status of its International Development Fund and its funding for emergency medical projects in Malawi.

18 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for redress Redress Scotland has received since its inception.

Answer · Kate Forbes: As of 24 June 2024, 3993 applications have been received by Scotland’s Redress Scheme. Of those applications, 2157 have been passed to Redress Scotland for a determination.

18 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the applications not approved by Redress Scotland since its inception were not approved on the basis of the shortness of a victim’s stay in care.

Answer · Kate Forbes: Applications for the Redress Scheme are received by the Scottish Government and passed to Redress Scotland for determination. We are unable to answer this question as neither Scottish Ministers nor Redress Scotland hold information on the specific reason why…

18 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for redress received by Redress Scotland since its inception have not been approved.

Answer · Kate Forbes: As of 24 June 2024, 55 applications received by Redress Scotland have been deemed not eligible for financial redress.

18 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for redress received by Redress Scotland since its inception have been approved.

Answer · Kate Forbes: As of 24 June 2024, 1578 applications received by Redress Scotland have been deemed eligible for financial redress.

13 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what European structural fund payments were made to the Scottish Government in each year since 2014.

Answer · Kate Forbes: Details are as follows: Year Payments to the Scottish Government (£) 2014 6,958,111 2015 9,578,049 2016 20,497,374 2017 4,874,579 2018 62,231,645 2019 0.00 2020 21,757,347 2021 94,891,386 2022 126,239,743 2023 118,389,188 2024 24,958,2…

13 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what funding was allocated to Scotland through European structural funds in each year since 2014.

Answer · Kate Forbes: Funding was allocated to the Scottish Government by the European Commission at the beginning of the programme in 2014 and is not allocated on a yearly basis.

13 Jun 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of projects that have been allocated funding through European structural funds but did not receive EU funding because they did not meet the criteria, in each year since 2014.

Answer · Kate Forbes: All projects that were allocated funding through European Structural Funds must have met the European Commission's criteria to qualify for support. A full list of projects that were awarded allocations is available on the Scottish Government's website: Europ…

21 May 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish the (a) minutes, (b) future meeting schedule and (c) work programme of the Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) Cross Sector Working Group, and, if so, when.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: All documents, including minutes, relating to the RAAC Cross Sector Working Group can be viewed on the Scottish Government website at: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC): Cross Sector Working Group - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). Minutes are published…

1 May 2024 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address any issues in relation to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the college and university estate.

1 May 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03191 by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024, whether it still expects supplies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in Scotland to have stabilised by the end of May 2024, and whether, at that point, it expects NHS Scotland and…

Answer · Jenni Minto: Various Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medicines continue to experience limited and intermittent supply issues. We are aware that market data has indicated that some of these issues will continue beyond May 2024 into the Summer. As the prici…

24 Apr 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many times, and on which dates, it has met with local government to discuss a Fiscal Framework for local government since the publication of the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: Ministers and officials meet COSLA and individual local authorities on a regular basis to cover a range of issues, including a fiscal framework for local government. Specific meetings to discuss a fiscal framework with local government are noted below. 5 Ju…

24 Apr 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the date by which it plans to agree a Fiscal Framework with local government, as announced in the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023 and originally committed to by the end of September 2023.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: A progress update on the Fiscal Framework was published in December 2023 - Progress Publication, December 2023: Fiscal Framework between Scottish Government and Local Government (www.gov.scot) . We continue to work closely with COSLA and our shared intentio…

17 Apr 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported situation facing former clients of McClure Solicitors, what discussions it has had regarding enabling the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to consider groups of complaints, rather than considering complaints purely on an individual basis.

9 Feb 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 24 January 2024 regarding additional funding for local authorities of £600 million, how much the Scottish Government will receive in Barnett consequential funding, and if the quantum is n…

Answer · Tom Arthur: The announcement on 24 January of a £600m package for councils in England only resulted in £500m of new funding when the detail of the UK Budget was published on 6 March. This package generated £48m, of the total £293m, barnett consequentials accruing to the…

1 Feb 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board are currently waiting for elective vasectomy surgery.

Answer · Neil Gray: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government the member may wish to contact NHS Boards directly for information. Public Health Scotland does not hold procedure level information only the speciality which in this case would be Ur…

1 Feb 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when each of Scotland’s NHS boards last performed an elective vasectomy surgery.

Answer · Neil Gray: This information is not collected centrally by Scottish Government, Health boards would have to be contacted to obtain the latest dates of surgeries carried out.

5 Dec 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter of 21 September 2023 from the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health to Michael Marra, how many of the 142 women who were waiting for urethral bulking, fascial sling repair or colposuspension have now undergone the procedure for which they were waiting.

Answer · Jenni Minto: Across NHS Scotland a total of 89 patients have been treated for fascial sling repair, urethra bulking or colposuspension since this summer. This excludes patients from NHS Tayside who have been treated via independent sector support. Treatment has been booke…

31 Oct 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what policies it has in place to prevent the auto-deletion of any messages by ministers and special advisors before they become part of official records. 

Answer · Shona Robison: Scottish Government has a Corporate Records Management Policy that is clear that everyone, including Minister and SpAds, are expected to ensure that material, regardless of its origin, is made part of the official record. Scottish Government systems are set u…

7 Sep 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, following the meeting of 20 July 2023, on which two further dates its Tax Advisory Group will meet in 2023.

Answer · Shona Robison: The Tax Advisory Group will meet for the second time on 28 September. The third meeting date will be 15 November.

6 Sep 2023 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it agreed the Investment Zones selection method with the UK Government.

4 Sep 2023 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, following the publication of NHS Tayside’s Due Diligence Review of Documentation Held Relating to Professor Eljamel, whether the Scottish Government will immediately approve an independent public inquiry.

14 Aug 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the review of credit card spending by the civil service, announced by the First Minister on 8 August 2023, what the terms of reference will be; who will lead the review; to whom it will report; how many civil servants will be assigned to work on the review; what the estimated …

Answer · Tom Arthur: Scottish Government Internal Audit have initiated an independent review which will focus on the following areas: 1) Review of policy and compliance 2) Analysis of transactions to identify areas of non-compliance e.g. personal use, unauthorised expenditure.…

31 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide the dates of all Open Government Partnership meetings in 2023, including those scheduled to take place.

Answer · George Adam: The Open Government Partnership Steering Group meets at a minimum three times per year. The Open Government Partnership Steering Group met on 17 May 2023. The following dates are confirmed for the Open Government Partnership Steering Group to next meet:26 Se…

31 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what actions have been taken in accordance with the fiscal transparency programme since January 2023, including the development of an online fiscal portal.

Answer · Shona Robison: The work of the fiscal transparency programme, including the development on an online fiscal portal is a key part of the Fiscal Openness and Transparency commitment in Scotland's third Open Government National Action Plan Scotland's Open Government action pl…

5 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the agendas and minutes of all meetings involving the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, the Scottish Government and NHS Tayside regarding expediting waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside.

Answer · Jenni Minto: I refer the member to the answer to question: S6W-19833 on 31 July 2023. 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-committee…

5 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what actions have been taken by (a) the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, (b) the Scottish Government and (c) NHS Tayside to expedite waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside.

Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government has commissioned the Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) to identify treatment options for patients across Scotland, including in NHS Tayside, who are currently on waiting lists for the following urogynaecology procedures:Urethral B…

5 Jul 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) the dates of all meetings that have taken place involving the Centre for Sustainable Delivery, the Scottish Government and NHS Tayside regarding expediting waits for urogynaecology treatments in NHS Tayside and (b) a list of attendees at each meeting.

Answer · Jenni Minto: Scottish Government officials meet regularly with the Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) to discuss a range of improvement programmes that support service innovation and redesign, including new pathways of care that are more efficient and provide sustaina…