Parliamentary questions
Jackie Baillie
9,379 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the median waiting time for a brain scan has been in each of the last five years in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The numbers of confirmed strokes admitted during 2016 - 2021 showing median time (minutes) to brain imaging are shown in the following table: Numbers of confirmed strokes Median time (minutes) to brain imaging NHS Board (of treatment) 2016 2017 2018 …
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of how NHS boards (a) plan delivery and (b) measure performance of the community rehabilitation received by stroke patients, and when this will become part of the annual Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA) report.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Planning of community rehabilitation delivery is the responsibility of individual NHS Boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships. Our vision is for everyone with rehabilitation needs to be able to access the care and support they need to live well, on th…
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what contribution stroke unit care provides to recovery from stroke, and whether it reports on this metric.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: There is evidence that access to a stroke unit improves outcome for stroke patients. The Scottish Stroke Care Audit (SSCA) monitors the quality of care provided by the hospitals in all NHS Boards and access to a stroke unit is a standard measured by SSCA, al…
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05562 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, whether it plans to use the European Stroke Organisation Stroke Service Tracker that has been designed to report national progress and allow comparisons between countries participating in the stroke action p…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government welcomes the work of the European Stroke Organisation and agree that it is vital to ensure improvements are made to stroke pathways and services, including prevention, treatment and care. Through our Programme for Government commitmen…
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will report on its progress on the stroke elements of its Programme for Government in (a) general and (b) relation to the progress made on the progressive stroke service.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-05487 on 21 January 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…
21 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05562 by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022, what the average length of time, as a percentage of the total hospital stay, that stroke patients receive treatment in a stroke unit has been in the last year, broken down by NHS board.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The number of confirmed strokes discharged during 2021 showing total length of stay and length of stay in a stroke unit is in the following table. For some of the figures, the length of stay in the stroke unit are longer compared to stay in the audit. The pa…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the obligations in section 13 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020 “to consult persons with experience in or knowledge of the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies intended to tackle gender inequality” have been realised.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06791 on 8 March 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-committees…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy has incorporated comments from (a) Close the Gap and (b) Engender.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06791 on 8 March 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-committees…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how lending by the Scottish National Investment Bank in the 2021 calendar year aimed to benefit women’s equality in Scotland.
Answer · Kate Forbes: Decisions on lending and investment are a matter for the Scottish National Investment Bank. I have asked the Bank about how their lending in 2021 aimed to benefit women’s equality in Scotland, and their response is as follows: “Due diligence of all potential…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy with the Bank.
Answer · Kate Forbes: The gender equality strategy was last discussed by the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Investment Bank on 14 December 2021.
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish National Investment Bank utilised its gender equality strategy in the design of the Bank’s recruitment policies and processes.
Answer · Kate Forbes: The Bank’s recruitment policies and procedures pre-dates development of its gender equality strategy, and please see the answer to question S6W-06789 on 8 March 2022. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, th…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations were consulted during the development of the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy.
Answer · Kate Forbes: The Scottish National Investment Bank has provided the following information about who it consulted with and the feedback received during development of its gender equality strategy: “In developing its Equality Strategy, the Bank sought input from a wide ran…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish National Investment Bank will lay a report in the Parliament evaluating how the Bank has fulfilled the commitments in its gender equality strategy.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06789 on 8 March 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-committees…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish National Investment Bank will undertake its first equal pay review, as set out in the requirements in the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020.
Answer · Kate Forbes: Timing of the Equal Pay Review is set out in the Shareholder Relationship Framework Document between the Scottish Government, as sole shareholder, and the Scottish National Investment Bank. It states that the Bank is required to complete an equal pay review …
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish National Investment Bank will measure progress against the Bank’s gender equality strategy.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06789 on 8 March 2022. The Scottish National Investment Bank’s forthcoming gender equality strategy will include information on how it intends to collect data. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy will assist in tackling any (a) gender barriers that women experience working in financial services, (b) under-capitalisation of women-owned businesses and (c) wider women’s socio-economic inequality in Scotland.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to questions S6W-06788 and S6W-06789 on 8 March 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…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the process of developing a gender equality strategy has influenced and shaped the Scottish National Investment Bank’s lending and investment practices.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06788 on 8 March 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-committees…
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy will be published.
Answer · Kate Forbes: The Scottish Government expects the Scottish National Investment Bank’s gender equality strategy to be published shortly, following approval from the Board when it meets on 3 March 2022.
18 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what data and information the Scottish National Investment Bank is gathering to evaluate the progress of the Bank’s gender equality strategy.
Answer · Kate Forbes: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-06795 on 8 March 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-committees…
17 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, how many people have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in (a) the Dumbarton constituency and (b) Scotland, in each of the last five years.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-01706 on 24 August 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-committe…
17 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, what proportion of metastatic breast cancer patients are first diagnosed through emergency presentation.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Information on the routes of referral for metastatic breast cancer patients is not held centrally.
17 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, what proportion of metastatic breast cancer patients are first diagnosed through GP referral.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Information on the routes of referral for metastatic breast cancer patients is not held centrally.
17 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, how many people have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in each of the last 10 years, and of those, how many people were diagnosed (a) less than and (b) more than five years after a diagnosis of prima…
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Cancer Registry does not hold the kind of tracking information required to be able to report on secondary breast cancer. Therefore, Public Health Scotland cannot answer this question.
15 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to make sapropterin available on the NHS for people with phenylketonuria.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) previously considered Kuvan ® (the branded version of sapropterin) in August 2018 and the medicine was not recommended for use in NHS Scotland because the submitting company’s justification of the treatment’s cost in re…
15 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Scottish citizens who have received their COVID-19 vaccination outwith the UK are not able to be recognised as fully vaccinated on the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: We have put in place a process for individuals who have received their coronavirus vaccinations outwith Scotland which allows them to upload official proof of vaccination from an approved country to their Scottish Vaccination Record through NHS Inform . Thi…
14 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement by Scottish Water of a 4.2% increase in charges for 2022-23, what percentage increase above inflation this decision represents for future years in terms of being able to meet the minimum income expectation, placed on Scottish Water by the Water Industry Commi…
Answer · Michael Matheson: The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) has responsibility for setting charge caps and otherwise sets out expectations or forecasts including for income as a guide to Scottish Water and stakeholders. Across the 2021-27 regulatory period the maximum …
8 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) when the outcomes of the Scottish Ambulance Service's demand and capacity review will be implemented.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Since agreement of phased funding, SAS have been actively recruiting staff at pace and increasing vehicles on the ground on a transition basis into priority locations across the country. Seven additional satellite stations have already been established, with …
8 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what data was used to inform the decisions by the Scottish Ambulance Service on its demand and capacity review, and whether this will be published.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: Internationally renowned modelling company Operational Research in Health (ORH) were commissioned by the Scottish Ambulance Service to carry out an analysis on 7 years’ worth of data to help inform the review of demand and capacity. ORH used a population gro…
8 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Scottish Ambulance Service has had with trade unions regarding its demand and capacity review.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Demand and Capacity programme and core principals have been designed and delivered in partnership with unions - with representatives of GMB, Unite the Union and Unison all being members of the steering group which meets monthly. A staff engagement and co…
8 Feb 2022 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Ambulance Service's demand and capacity review was (a) started and (b) completed.
Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Service commissioned an independent Demand and Capacity Review in 2017. Funding has since been approved on a phased basis, with the third phase of the review scheduled to be concluded and changes implemented by November 2022.