Jackie Baillie

18 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that existing mental health legislation is compatible with the UN position on forced treatment.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Scottish Government is continuing to work to ensure the rights of people with mental health problems are protected and promoted. The recent engagement paper ‘Mental Health in Scotland – a 10 year vision’ had a broad human rights focus. We are also working…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the classification is in the risk register of each college property.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: This is a matter for individual colleges.

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether colleges are prevented from tendering for local government contracts if they operate a deficit.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: There is no legislative requirement that would prevent a college from bidding for and being awarded a contract by a local authority because the college was in deficit.

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many EU nationals are enrolled in colleges in 2016, broken down by college.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: College EU Enrolments Ayrshire College 255 Borders College 212 Dumfries and Galloway College 152 Dundee and Angus College 836 Edinburgh College 3,220 Fife College 610 Forth Valley College 488 City of Glasgow College…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what EU funding is being provided to colleges for 2016, broken down by college.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: EU SFC match Ayrshire College £640,000 £426,624 £213,376 Glasgow College Region £6,123,802 £4,082,126 £2,041,676 Lanarkshire College Region £3,891,238 £2,593,899 £1,297,339 West College Scotland £2,451,097 £1,633,901 £817,196 Total funding u…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost is of meeting all assessed maintenance requirements for each college, broken down by individual college.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: In light of the findings of the Audit Scotland report, the SFC is currently working with the sector to establish the up-to-date maintenance requirements of the colleges' estate.

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the maintenance budget has been for each college in each year since 2011.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The distribution of funding to individual colleges is an operational matter for the Scottish Funding Council. I have therefore asked the Chief Executive to respond.

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which colleges operate a technical deficit in the current financial year.

Answer · Shirley-Anne Somerville: The audited accounts of incorporated colleges for the year ended 31 July 2016 are not due to be received by the Scottish Funding Council until the end of December 2016. The financial health of the college sector in 2014-15 is reported in paragraphs 59-62 of…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether 24-hour mental health crisis services are provided in every local authority area.

Answer · Maureen Watt: It is responsibility of health boards and HSCPs to ensure appropriate mental health services are available for local populations. In a well-functioning mental health system, there will be a range of community, inpatient and crisis mental health services that …

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what services are available to people coming off anti-depressants.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Any prescribing is a clinical decision for a patient’s doctor and there is good evidence that GPs assess and treat depression appropriately. Decisions to use them should always involve the patient so that they understand both the potential benefits and risks …

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of anti-depressant prescribing has been in each year since 2007.

Answer · Maureen Watt: The Information and Statistics Division (ISD) annual report “Prescribing in Mental Health” provides summary information on antidepressant use in Scottish Health Boards. This report is published online and is available at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Publicatio…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths by suicide there have been in each year since 2011, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) local authority area.

Answer · Maureen Watt: Statistics on Probable Suicides (Deaths which are the Result of Intentional Self-harm or Events of Undetermined Intent) are published annually on the National Records of Scotland website. The following workbook contains trends by gender (worksheet 1), age-gro…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether Glasgow Prestwick Airport is used by the military and, if so, whether a financial contribution is made by the Ministry of Defence.

Answer · Keith Brown: Military flights that use the airport do so on a commercial basis. Glasgow Prestwick Airport’s management team will consider all potential business opportunities, including commercial opportunities connected to military aircraft, to maximise the use of the as…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many passengers have flown from Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2011.

Answer · Keith Brown: The passengers numbers as reported by the CAA between 2011 and 2015 are listed in the following table. Year Passengers (000) 2011 1,296 2012 1,067 2013 1,145 2014 912 2015 610 Source: CAA

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all senior staff employed to assist with the development of Glasgow Prestwick Airport since it assumed ownership.

Answer · Keith Brown: The current Executive Management Team comprises: Ron Smith – Chief Executive Officer Derek Banks – Finance and Commercial Director Jules Matteoni – Operations Director Mike Stewart – Business Development Director Sonia Rafferty – Human Resource Director …

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what freight has been transported from Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2011.

Answer · Keith Brown: The volume of freight transported through the airport in each year since 2011 is: Year Tonnes 2011 11,846 2012 10,314 2013 9,526 2014 12,540 2015 11,242 Source: CAA

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which airline carriers have flown from Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since 2011.

Answer · Keith Brown: Ryanair has provided scheduled services from Glasgow Prestwick in each year since 2011. Wizz Air also provided scheduled services in 2011, 2012 and 2013. A wide range of other airlines use the airport for training, charter flights, technical stops, diversions…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the expansion of Heathrow Airport will have on Scottish airports.

Answer · Keith Brown: The impact on each Scottish Airport will be determined by how airlines and passengers respond to increased capacity being available. Potentially, airports with no service or limited services to London Heathrow could benefit, with wider benefits for Scotland f…

17 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided for Glasgow Prestwick Airport in each year since it assumed ownership.

Answer · Keith Brown: By the end of the last financial year (31st March 2016) the Scottish Government had invested £20.8 million in loan support in Glasgow Prestwick Airport. The breakdown of this investment by year is £4.5 million invested in 2013-14, £6.3 million invested in 201…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of its Strategic Forum.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The Strategic Forum fosters a culture of collaboration between our economic development and skills agencies. Economic strengths since the establishment of the Strategic Forum were recognised in the recent Enterprise and Skills Review report. However, to deliv…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what was discussed at each meeting of its Strategic Forum, and whether it will provide minutes of the meetings.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The Strategic Forum met 20 times between November 2007 and April 2015 to consider topics of strategic importance to the Scottish economy and to align actions in addressing these issues to deliver the maximum impact. Topics covered at meetings of the Strategi…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the efficiency savings of its Strategic Forum have been in each year since the establishment of the Efficiency Programme, also broken down by the percentage of the total savings that was attributed to each Strategic Forum partner.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: 2012-13 (£m) 2013-14 (£m) 2014-15 (£m) 2015-16 (£m) 15 25 40 40 Percentage of the total savings achieved that was attributed to each Strategic Forum partner. Body 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 (£m) (£m) (£m) (£m) Scottish Enterpris…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the membership of its Strategic Forum has been since it was established.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-03752 on 10 November 2016. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusines…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent on the growth sectors that it identified in each year since 2007.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: Support for Growth Sectors as set out in our Economic Strategy is delivered in a variety of ways across Government departments and our partner agencies, it is therefore not possible to provide a full measure of spend to support them individually or to differe…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the 44 performance measures are for Scottish Enterprise.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: Scottish Enterprise (SE) use performance measures to help monitor the contribution they make in terms of their economic impact focused on the longer-term goals of Scotland’s Economic Strategy and highlighting their future direction over the 2015-18 period. Th…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the efficiency savings targets of its Strategic Forum have been in each year since the establishment of the Efficiency Programme.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: Strategic Forum efficiency savings targets from 2012-13 through to 2016-17 totalled £165 million. A breakdown on each year is provided in the following table. 2012-13 (£m) 2013-14 (£m) 2014-15 (£m) 2015-16 (£m) 2016-17 (£m) 20 25 40 40 40

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent delivering its strategic priorities in each year since 2007.

Answer · Derek Mackay: The Scottish Government publishes Scotland’s Spending Plans and Draft Budget which sets out the Scottish Government’s spending plans on their Strategic Priorities for a specific period and most recently in 2016-17 publication (http://www.gov.scot/Resource/004…

13 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the 86 performance measures are for Highland and Islands Enterprise.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) use performance measures to help monitor the contribution they make in terms of their economic and social impact on the longer term goals of Scotland’s Economic Strategy. These performance measures are set out in their O…

6 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what gender-disaggregated statistics are collected regarding people accessing Business Gateway.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The Scottish Government recognises the valuable role that the local authority delivered Business Gateway service offers to support a wide range of businesses. The service offers a first point of contact for all publicly funded business support to pre-start, e…

6 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what gender-disaggregated data on the economy it collects, and what plans it has to fill any data gap.

Answer · Keith Brown: Within the Economy Theme the Scottish Government holds a range of gender-disaggregated data on the Labour Market including: The Labour Force Survey, Annual Population Survey and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. The Scottish Government also collects in…