Roz McCall

23 Mar 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on 23 November 2022, when it will publish a full progress report on the improvement plan for NHS Forth Valley, following its escalation to stage 4 of the NHS Scotland performance escalation framework.

Answer · Michael Matheson: The Chair of the Assurance Board, Christine McLaughlin, wrote to members on 31 March 2023 with a full progress update on NHS Forth Valley’s escalation in Governance, Leadership and Culture. The letter has been published on the Scottish Government website: NH…

10 Mar 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a breakdown of the changes in rateable values for each industry sector or property class, arising from the April 2023 revaluation of non-domestic property.

Answer · Tom Arthur: As stated on 8 March in the Chamber in response to a parliamentary question (S6O-01978), a revaluation statistical summary report, which will include information broken down by property class, is expected to be published in 2023-24 once final values for the r…

14 Feb 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to eliminate long waits in A&E departments within NHS Fife.

10 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to protect children and young people from care experienced backgrounds from developing an alcohol or drug dependency issue.

Answer · Clare Haughey: Together with Public Health Scotland, the Scottish Government is developing a consensus statement on substance use prevention for young people. This will provide an agreed expert view and understanding in where our collective efforts should lie in improving p…

10 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it is effectively identifying children and young people who are at risk of being taken into care, and what measures it is putting in place to provide the high level of support required by those at risk of being taken into care.

Answer · Clare Haughey: The Scottish Government remains committed to Keeping The Promise by 2030, working in partnership with all partners including Local Authorities, the third sector and importantly the care community to create the conditions for change at a national and local lev…

10 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that, as outlined in The Promise, children from care experienced backgrounds are not excluded from school.

Answer · Clare Haughey: The Scottish Government is committed to keeping The Promise and improving the outcomes of care experienced children and young people in education. To achieve this we continue to work with partners, including Education Scotland, COSLA and ADES. Our national …

10 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to fulfil its commitment to end the placement of 16- and 17-year-olds in young offenders institutions.

Answer · Clare Haughey: The Scottish Government is committed to ending the placement of under 18s in Young Offenders Institutions (YOI) and supporting care based alternatives. We have already made significant progress, with the number of under 18s in YOI down to 4 on 28 February fro…

8 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether pharmacy provision is keeping up with demand.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Ensuring sufficient community pharmacy provision is the responsibility of NHS Health Boards in their local areas. Arrangements are set out in the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and decisions regarding pharmacy provision are made thr…

8 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government from which existing portfolios it has funded the Family Wellbeing Fund in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The Whole Family Wellbeing Funding (WFWF) requires a collaborative approach. A cross portfolio ministerial group oversees the programme at a high level, whilst Governance is provided by the Programme Board which consists of Directors from across the relevant …

8 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support sustainable rural bus services.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: The Scottish Government is aware of the importance of rural bus services and is committed, in conjunction with operators and local authorities, to looking at ways of improving services. I convened the Bus Taskforce to bring key players in the sector together …

8 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote and support local newspapers.

Answer · Angus Robertson: The Scottish Government is committed to supporting the sustainability of local news as a key part of the public interest news sector in Scotland. In 2021, we established the Public Interest Journalism Working Group to consider the long-term sustainability of …

8 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to employers in the care sector to help them pay employees the Living Wage.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: Since 2016, the Scottish Government has provided funding to ensure that adult social care workers, delivering direct care in the third and independent sectors, are paid at least the Real Living Wage (RLW). From April 2023, these workers will see their pay i…

24 Jan 2023 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact its Town Centre Action Plan is having in communities in the Mid Scotland and Fife region.

16 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards delivering the ambitions of the (a) City Centre Recovery Task Force report, which was published on 31 March 2021 and (b) Town Centre Action Plan Review – Joint response from Scottish Government and COSLA, which was published on 13 April 2022.

Answer · Tom Arthur: As the implementation of the City Centre Recovery Task Force report continues, the Scottish Government is supporting our cities to decide how best to prioritise their own recovery plans. This includes investing £2m in a Recovery Fund, with a focus on inclusiv…

12 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to meet the World Health Organization’s 90-70-90 targets on the eradication of cervical cancer by 2030, and whether it plans to publish data on cervical screening in Scotland, in light of it not having done so since October 2021.

Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government is continuing to take steps towards achieving the World Health Organisation’s targets to eliminate cervical cancer. 83.9% of S4 pupils in 2021/22 completed the two dose schedule for the HPV vaccine in Scotland. From January 2023, a on…

12 Jan 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received regarding its decision not to introduce business rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, as has been introduced in Wales and England.

Answer · Tom Arthur: The Scottish Government has received correspondence from business representative organisations and individual businesses within the retail, hospitality or leisure sectors, or their elected representatives. Prior to the publication of the Scottish Budget 2023…

7 Dec 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the delivery of its Heat in Buildings Strategy, including decarbonising homes and workplaces.

29 Nov 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to tackle the reported staffing crisis within the early years sector.  

22 Nov 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Homeless Deaths 2021 figures from the National Records of Scotland, which show that an estimated 250 homeless people died in 2021.

22 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its next declaration of ministerial car journeys, in line with the terms of the Scottish Ministerial Code.

Answer · George Adam: Ministerial engagements, overseas travel, car journeys, domestic travel and gifts received are published on the Scottish Government website in line with the terms of the Scottish Ministerial Code. The next publication is planned for the end of December 2022.

22 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on closing the attainment gap in the Mid Scotland and Fife region.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: Over the course of the last Parliament, there was demonstrable progress on a number of long-term measures to close the poverty related attainment gap, with attainment gaps in literacy and numeracy narrowing pre-pandemic in primary schools. We know that the pa…

22 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support sustainable rural bus services in Fife.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: The Scottish Government is aware of the importance of rural bus services and is committed, in conjunction with operators and local authorities, to looking at ways of improving services. I recently convened the first Bus Taskforce to bring key players in the s…

22 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the national football associations across the UK, and the Football Association of Ireland, regarding the joint bid to host the 2028 UEFA European Football Championship.

Answer · Neil Gray: The Scottish Government is working closely with a range of partners, including the Scottish Football Association, the other partner football associations, and governments across the UK and Ireland to consider a joint bid to host EURO 2028. The Scottish Govern…

6 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that the detection and management of the psychological consequences of stroke are seen as a priority by NHS boards.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme (SSIP) Lead conducts an annual review process on behalf of the Scottish Government, meeting all NHS boards to appraise their provision of stroke services and create a local action plan to improve performance where nee…

6 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the key message in the Stroke Association’s recent report, Keeping Stroke Recoveries in Mind, that "emotional and psychological wellbeing for someone after a stroke is just as important as their physical recovery".

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that people who have had a stroke receive the best possible care as quickly as possible to enable them to live longer, healthier and independent lives. This commitment extends to the emotional and psychological…

27 Oct 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to blind and partially sighted people as they recover from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions.

Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown measures that were necessary to take have been particularly challenging for those with sensory loss. The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults has provided £36 million si…

15 Oct 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much the First Minister’s trip to the United States of America on 16-17 May 2022 cost.

Answer · Angus Robertson: Ministerial engagements, including overseas travel by Ministers, comprising destination and cost are routinely and proactively published. This includes the First Minister's trip to the United States of America and is available at Ministerial engagements, tra…

4 Oct 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the First Minister on 22 September 2022 that "there are many more staff working in our national health service today than was the case when this Government took office" and that "more than 20,000 additional staff have been recruited in that period" (Official R…

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The requested information on how many nurses have (a) joined and (b) left the NHS in Fife each year since 2007 is not centrally available. Information on how many Nursing & Midwifery staff have (a) joined and (b) left the NHS since 2012 can be found in the f…

4 Oct 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and (b) Town Centre Capital Fund (TCCF) has invested in (i) Fife, (ii) Stirling, (iii) Clackmannanshire and (iv) Perth and Kinross, in the financial year (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021-22.

Answer · Tom Arthur: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-11355 on 1 November 2022. 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-committ…

4 Oct 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many individual projects the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and (b) Town Centre Capital Fund (TCCF) has supported in (i) Fife, (ii) Stirling, (iii) Clackmannanshire and (iv) Perth and Kinross, in the financial year (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021-22.

Answer · Tom Arthur: A list of all projects recommended for support through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund can be found on the Scottish Governments Website at https://www.gov.scot/publications/regeneration-capital-grant-fund-rcgf-recommended-projects-2014-2022/ . The Town…