Murdo Fraser

4 Sep 2018 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage a new generation of farmers into the agricultural industry.

3 Sep 2018 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government how NHS boards ensure that patients’ concerns regarding surgical practices are properly addressed.

29 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many residential appeals there have been to the Scottish Assessors Association in each calendar year since 2007, also broken down by local authority area, and how many of these were successful.

Answer · Kate Forbes: This is a matter for the relevant Valuation Joint Boards or Local Authorities. The information requested is not held centrally.

27 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been home schooled in each local authority in each school year since 2007.

Answer · John Swinney: The information being requested was discontinued in 2009. The link below to the Scottish Government website provides the annual publications for each year that the information is available: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/PubChi…

20 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers in (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) computing, (d) modern languages and (e) English have been employed by each local authority in each year since 2011.

Answer · John Swinney: This information is published in Table 8.9 of results of the Teacher Census: https://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/School-Education/teachcenssuppdata  

20 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) ambulances, (b) patient-transport vehicles, (c) small vans, (d) cars, (e) 4x4 vehicles and (f) specialist support vehicles has each Scottish Ambulance Service division had in service in each year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Scottish Ambulance Service Fleet numbers and vehicle descriptions change  periodically as a result of vehicle replacement programmes and developing strategy. The data requested is not held in the summary format requested from 2007 but extracts from fleet decl…

20 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many clearing places have been awarded to Scottland-domiciled students at Scotland's universities in each year since 2011.

Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes the number of acceptances through clearing by Scottish domiciled students to Scottish Universities. The following table shows the number of acceptances split by route, since 2011. Scottish do…

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Tayside has spent advertising clinical posts in each of the last five calendar years.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government, as expenditure reported by Health Boards to the Scottish Government is not provided at this level of detail. The request for this information should be directed to NHS Tayside.  

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many fruit farmers in (a) Perth and Kinross, (b) Fife, (c) Stirling and (d) Clackmannanshire have applied for emergency loan funding from the National Basic Payment Support Scheme.

Answer · Fergus Ewing: I announced the loan scheme to help farmers and crofters, including fruit and vegetable farmers, address weather related impacts and would encourage all farmers and crofters entitled to BPS payments in all parts of Scotland to apply for a loan. Loan offers wi…

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many new businesses have been started in (a) Perth and Kinross, (b) Fife, (c) Stirling and (d) Clackmannanshire in each of the last five calendar years.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Business births – based on VAT/PAYE registrations - are produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) within their Business Demography publications. VAT/PAYE registrations do not represent a complete picture of start-up activity as only businesses with…

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much money each NHS board has received from the Clinical Teaching (ACT) levy.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Scottish Government provides Additional Cost of Teaching (ACT) funding to support the clinical training of undergraduate medical and dental students in the NHS. This funding is administered by NHS Education Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. …

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce overcrowding on trains between the central belt and Fife

Answer · Michael Matheson: Over £475M is being invested in ScotRail’s rolling stock which will deliver major enhancements to train facilities and increase seating capacity by 23% by the end of 2019. Compared to the start of the franchise, ScotRail will be operating more than 200 additi…

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses have (a) joined and (b) left NHS Tayside in each calander year since 2007.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The number of Nurses & Midwives working in NHS Tayside has increased by 1.5% between September 2006 and June 2018. The total number of joiners and leavers across an entire year is not captured centrally. However, numbers of net joiners and net leavers are av…

17 Aug 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing posts at NHS Tayside have been (a) advertised and (b) filled in each of the last five calendar years.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Information on the total number of nursing posts that have been advertised or filled in NHS Boards in a particular year is not centrally held. ISD Workforce collects quarterly census data on the number of nursing vacancies at national and NHS Board level. A …

20 Jun 2018 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle the recent rise in homelessness.

5 Jun 2018 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether future increases in the non-domestic poundage rate will be linked to CPI or RPI.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: As has been the case in previous years, the? non-domestic poundage rate will be considered as part of the Draft Budget process.

4 Jun 2018 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government’s 2018-19 budget will be affected by the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s downgraded forecasts for tax receipts.

16 May 2018 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact is on businesses in Scotland of having access to the UK domestic market.

14 May 2018 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on extending the right to vote to all prisoners.

8 May 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the public local inquiry regarding the proposed A9 dualling project near the Killiecrankie Battlefield will be held; what its response is to reports that Transport Scotland has not notified residents regarding this, and when the agency will issue this notification.

Answer · Keith Brown: Draft Orders for the A9 Dualling Killiecrankie to Glen Garry project were published in November 2017. Effective engagement with affected parties is a key part of the statutory process for the project and Transport Scotland is currently negotiating with object…

1 May 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on new infrastructure projects in the last year, broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Derek Mackay: The Infrastructure Investment Plan 2015 - Progress Report for 2017 and accompanying Project Pipeline were published in April 2018 and these can be found at http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Finance/18232/IIP . The following two tables contain informati…

24 Apr 2018 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government how recent developments at NHS Tayside could affect the delivery of patient care.

18 Apr 2018 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what work is being done to ensure that historic battlefields are preserved.

17 Apr 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Ambulance Service community first responder teams there have been in each year since 2011, also broken down by how many have resigned their affiliation with the service.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. You may wish to contact the Scottish Ambulance Service directly to request this data.

17 Apr 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many times community first responder teams have been called to emergencies in each year since 2011, also broken down by the average response time.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. You may wish to contact the Scottish Ambulance Service directly to request this data.

17 Apr 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been community first responders in each year since 2011, also broken down by how many have (a) completed training for, (b) retired from and (c) resigned from the role.

Answer · Shona Robison: This information is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. You may wish to contact the Scottish Ambulance Service directly to request this data.

17 Apr 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of the Scottish Exchequer Project; what resources have been allocated to it, and when the project's outputs will be published.

Answer · Derek Mackay: There is not a Scottish Exchequer project. The recent creation of the Scottish Exchequer function within the Scottish Government is a response to the continued implementation of new fiscal powers devolved to Scotland. A new role of Director General: Scottish…

11 Apr 2018 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator regarding the use of public funds by NHS boards.

28 Mar 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people under 18 have died from drug-related deaths in each of the last five calendar years.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: Drug Related Deaths are recorded and reported by the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS report on Drug Related Deaths by age group and include age groups of ‘14 and under’ and ‘15-24’. The most recent data are published on the NRS website at the followin…

15 Mar 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether letting agents that are unable to obtain undesignated client accounts will be given a grace period to comply with the Letting Agent Code of Practice.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Letting Agent Code of Practice came into force on the 31 January 2018. Section 8 of the Code requires those carrying out letting agency work who hold or handle client money to have one or more separate and dedicated client bank accounts. No grace period i…