Roz McCall

19 Feb 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action to counter the reported proliferation of child sex abuse images online.

11 Feb 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it can take to challenge the UK Government’s inheritance tax changes for farmers.

5 Feb 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people from each NHS board area have had a thrombectomy in each month since November 2020, broken down by thrombectomy hub.

Answer · Jenni Minto: The information requested is not held centrally. Work has begun to routinely collect patient level data from all three hubs.

3 Feb 2025 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the COVID-19 lockdowns might have left a generation of children in Scotland with damaged eyesight.

30 Jan 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will report on the progress that it has made on implementing the relevant recommendations from the Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people (the Cass Review).

Answer · Jenni Minto: The Cass Review only considered services offered by NHS England, and the report’s 32 recommendations are made to NHS England. As such, NHS England holds responsibility for implementing these recommendations.The Scottish Government did, however, commit t…

28 Jan 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the potential impact on travel times in Mid Scotland and Fife of the proposed speed limit changes contained in the National Speed Management Review consultation.

22 Jan 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it is collaborating with third sector organisations regarding the provision of mental health, wellbeing and emotional support in schools.

14 Jan 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25979 by Natalie Don on 14 March 2024, how (a) many families have received support and (b) much Whole Family Wellbeing Funding has been spent to date, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: Whole Family Wellbeing Funding continues to be provided by the Scottish Government to deliver transformational change to improve holistic family support so that families get the right support, in the right way and at the right time. By the end of this financi…

7 Jan 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with local authorities to address road improvements.

18 Dec 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work with the Care Inspectorate to develop and undertake a thematic review of the support in place for those leaving care, including housing and accommodation.

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: In response to the recommendations of the Improving Care Leavers Housing Pathways CELCIS Knowledge Bank: Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathway report, the Scottish Government commissioned the Care Inspectorate to undertake a thematic review of the experiences…

18 Dec 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent as part of the Care Experienced Children and Young People Fund, in each year since 2018.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: I refer the member to the answer provided to S6W-31489 on 5 December 2024, which provides the relevant information. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https:/…

18 Dec 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport on 21 November 2024, how it plans to progress plans for a National Social Work Agency, and what timetable for parliamentary scrutiny it plans to propose.

Answer · Maree Todd: Plans for a National Social Work Agency and Proposed TimetableWe remain committed to the establishment of a National Social Work Agency by the end of the parliamentary term, 2025–26 in order to address the issues affecting this important workforce. A fi…

17 Dec 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2025-26 Budget statement on 4 December 2024, how it plans to fund third sector organisations through the Children and Young People’s Early Intervention Fund in 2025-26.

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: The Scottish Government is committed to delivering vital public services and supporting our third sector but continues to face the most challenging financial situation since devolution.The 2025-26 draft budget, which will be subject to the approval of the Par…

20 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the progress towards implementing the key priority areas highlighted in its Stroke Improvement Plan 2023.

12 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the reported potential withdrawal of levelling up funding for the city of Dunfermline and any economic impact this may have.

11 Nov 2024 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland's call for it to introduce "legal protection for children on the use of physical restraint and seclusion in all situations where children are in the care of the state".

5 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to encourage library usage in the Mid Scotland and Fife region.

30 Oct 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients are waiting to access occupational therapy services, and what the average waiting time has been in the last 12 months, broken down by NHS board.

Answer · Neil Gray: Information on waiting times for occupational therapy for all conditions is not held centrally but can be provided by NHS Boards.

29 Oct 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to end homelessness.

28 Oct 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30466 by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 October 2024, whether it will provide a precise timetable for the introduction of the proposed The Promise Bill.

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: The Government’s future legislative programmes will be announced in the relevant Programme for Government in the normal way.The Scottish Government is committed to keep The Promise by 2030 and has recently set out further detail on activity underway in …

28 Oct 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30466 by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 October 2024, whether it has identified any specific pressures on the parliamentary legislative calendar that will prevent the proposed The Promise Bill from being introduced during the current parliamentary ses…

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: The Scottish Government is committed to introducing a Promise Bill in this Parliamentary term.The Government’s future legislative programmes will be announced in the relevant Programme for Government in the normal way in due course.We are currently cond…

9 Oct 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support has been made available to (a) NHS boards, (b) health and social care partnerships and (c) other bodies involved in delivering rehabilitation services, to ensure the successful implementation of the strategy set out in the document, Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Once for Sc…

Answer · Neil Gray: To support practitioners in applying the Six Principles of Good Rehabilitation, Scottish Government has developed a self-assessment tool in partnership with the National Rehabilitation Network. This tool was issued to all 14 health boards in September 2024, t…

9 Oct 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the strategy set out in the document, Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Once for Scotland Person-Centred Approach to Rehabilitation in a Post-COVID Era, since its publication in June 2022.

Answer · Neil Gray: The Scottish Government has established a National Rehabilitation Network, comprised of rehabilitation leads from each health board or health and social care partnership. Network members lead on supporting the application of the Six Principles of Good Rehabil…

25 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing recurrent funding for the national thrombectomy programme.

Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government remains committed to introducing a high quality and clinically safe thrombectomy service in Scotland.We have invested more than £35m to date in the delivery of a thrombectomy service in Scotland and will continue to work with our…

25 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what barriers to progress of the work of the national thrombectomy programme have been identified, and what action is being taken to overcome these.

Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government is committed to expanding the thrombectomy service, and to ensuring that access to this treatment is as equitable as possible. We recognise, however that achieving an equitable service access across diverse geographical areas is challe…

25 Sep 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how payments made by Social Security Scotland are incentivising people in Fife back into work.

25 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who died (a) by suicide, (b) prematurely from non-natural causes and (c) from alcohol-related causes in each year since 2016 were care-experienced.

Answer · Natalie Don-Innes: Regulation 6 of The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 states that Scottish Ministers should be informed of the death of a child who is looked after. In addition, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 inserted a statutory duty in th…

25 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who have been sentenced to prison in each year since 2016 were care-experienced.

Answer · Angela Constance: I have asked Teresa Medhurst, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), to respond. Her response is as follows:Scottish Prison Service do not hold this information in the format requested.Whilst we recognise the profound impact that experience of …

11 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what economic impact assessment it has made of restoring rates parity with England for businesses paying the Higher Property Rate.

Answer · Ivan McKee: It is not practical to estimate the behavioural response of businesses to any change in the Higher Property Rate that may arise from restoring parity with the English Standard Multiplier in order to assess the economic impact robustly.It is however possible t…

11 Sep 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that local authorities maintain school buildings to an extremely high standard.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: Although it is the statutory responsibility of all local authorities to manage and maintain the school estate, the Scottish Government is providing them with significant funding towards improving their school estate.The £2 billion Learning Estate Invest…