Joe FitzPatrick

21 Mar 2026 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s commitment to banning conversion practices.

21 Jan 2026 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its next Suicide Prevention Action Plan.

Answer · Tom Arthur: The Scottish Government and COSLA’s joint Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2026-29 will be published on the Scottish Government website on 22 January 2026 at 9am.Building on progress and learning from delivering our first Action Plan, as well as insights …

26 Nov 2025 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on funding and support for the University of Dundee to secure a sustainable future, one year on from serious financial issues coming to light.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: It has been over a year since the extent of financial mismanagement at the University of Dundee first emerged.Since then, the Scottish Government has worked closely with the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the University of Dundee to help the University ch…

25 Jun 2025 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment it made to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 5 March 2025, whether it will outline when it will take forward plans to undertake a consultation on support for part-time study and disabled students.

Answer · Graeme Dey: During my attendance at the Committee on 5 March 2025, I reiterated my continued commitment towards widening access as well as the needs of part-time students, and disabled students. I am pleased to announce that a consultation will be published today on the …

23 Jun 2025 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the Sarcoma UK report, Unique Among Cancers.

17 Jan 2025 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation on dual mandates in the Scottish Parliament.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill was passed unanimously on 17 December 2024 by the Scottish Parliament. As a result of amendments passed at Stage 3, it places a duty on Scottish Ministers to bring forward regulations which:must have the…

17 May 2024 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to respond to the final report of the UK-wide Infected Blood Inquiry, which was published on 20 May 2024.

Answer · Jenni Minto: The Scottish Government welcomes publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report and thanks the Chair for his work in producing such a comprehensive document. The Scottish Government pays tribute to all those who have been infected, their families an…

8 Mar 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the UK Government regarding support available through future budgets to support agriculture in Scotland, including the replacement of EU agricultural funding. 

1 Mar 2023 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, to the Windsor Framework.

3 Feb 2023 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many baby boxes have been distributed in (a) Dundee and (b) the NHS Tayside area, in each year since the initiative was launched.

Answer · Clare Haughey: Registration opened on 15 June 2017, and delivery of Baby Boxes nationwide began on 15 August 2017 for all babies born and resident in Scotland. We are unable to give the number of Baby Boxes delivered in the Dundee local authority area as we only record num…

25 Jan 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its action to recruit more foster carers.

11 Jan 2023 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any investment arising from the Tay Cities Deal.

10 Jan 2023 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made by the Independent Oversight and Assurance Group on Tayside’s Mental Health Services on ensuring that partners across Tayside are making improvements to the delivery of mental health services, and that progress has been made on responding to the findings and r…

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Final Report from the Oversight Group has been published today on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781805254362 Overall, the report is positive. It highlights where progress has clearly been made but also states a number of a…

7 Nov 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it is offering to the Fire Brigade's Union's DECON campaign to help firefighters protect themselves and others from harmful contaminants, in light of a reported study from the University of Central Lancashire stating that firefighters are four times more likely to get can…

Answer · Elena Whitham: The safety and wellbeing of all fire and rescue officers is of upmost importance to the Scottish Government. As the employer of firefighters in Scotland, the FBU DECON campaign is a matter for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. SFRS has been engaged with …

19 Oct 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy.

28 Sep 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported prevalence of alcohol-related cancers in Scotland.

27 Sep 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) children's and (b) adults' organisations in Dundee have received funding from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: In the first year of the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults, 2021 to 2022, we funded 64 projects supporting adults living in Dundee. These were: Organisation Name of project Type of initiative Primary target group Kanzen Karate Wel…

21 Sep 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it has provided to Dundee as part of its Covid Recovery Strategy to support the city's recovery from the pandemic.

7 Sep 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how the proposed Criminal Justice Reform Bill in its Programme for Government will aim to improve the experiences of victims in the justice system.

31 Aug 2022 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding the UK spending review and its impact on Scotland in relation to resources to take account of any proposed public sector pay uplifts and addressing the wider effects of inflation and the cost of living …

Answer · John Swinney: I wrote to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer on 31 July to request that he consider providing appropriate funding for public sector pay, given that our current funding was set in last October’s UK Spending Review which was based on 3% pay uplifts. This f…

10 Aug 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Child Payment applications from families in Dundee have been (a) received and (b) processed since applications opened in November 2020; what the current take-up percentage is in Dundee; how many children have received the Scottish Child Payment in Dundee, and what the t…

Answer · Ben Macpherson: According to the latest quarterly edition of the Scottish Child Payment statistical publication, between 9 November 2020 and 30 June 2022, the number of applications received for the Scottish Child Payment benefit from people living in the Dundee City Local A…

10 Aug 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many Social Security Scotland jobs in Dundee (a) have been created and (b) are expected to be created in (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24.

Answer · Ben Macpherson: At June 2022 our latest published statistics show that Social Security Scotland had reached 3,061 employees with 1,050 these colleagues employed with Dundee as their office location. By Autumn 2022 we expect Social Security Scotland to directly employ more t…

29 Jul 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people in Dundee have been offered workplace opportunities through the Young Person’s Guarantee since its launch.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Data on outcomes is currently published at national level. From our latest publication ( May 2022 ), 5,224 (31%) of the 16,859 people that started receiving support under No One Left Behind between April 2019 and December 2021 entered employment. Of those e…

27 Jun 2022 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, as the end of Pride month approaches, whether she will provide an update on the implementation of Scotland's reportedly world leading LGBT Inclusive Education.

17 May 2022 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the (a) £349 million spare room subsidy and (b) £80.4 million welfare reforms mitigation has been allocated to Dundee City in each year from 2017-18 to 2022-23.

Answer · Shona Robison: Scotland has budgeted £429.4 million in total for Discretionary Housing Payments since DHPs were devolved in 2017 to the 2022-23 financial year. This is broken down into £349 million for mitigation of the bedroom tax and £80.4 million for mitigating the impac…

17 May 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what services the £10,500 tariff provided by the UK Government for local authorities to support displaced Ukrainians arriving in Scotland is expected to cover.

20 Apr 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding food security and supply.

30 Mar 2022 · Inspired Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish the findings of the City Centre Recovery Task Force.

Answer · Kate Forbes: The Scottish Government with Scotland’s seven cities established the City Centre Recovery Task Force in 2021 to identify innovative actions for city centre recovery. I am pleased to confirm that the Task Force has published its report today, and sets out the …

23 Mar 2022 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc.

2 Mar 2022 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to people at risk of alcohol harm in the most disadvantaged communities.