Willie Rennie

21 Jan 2021 · First Minister's Question

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14 Jan 2021 · First Minister's Question

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24 Dec 2020 · First Minister's Question

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17 Dec 2020 · First Minister's Question

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10 Dec 2020 · First Minister's Question

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3 Dec 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the financial support available to people with blood cancer who live in areas with high COVID-19 rates and who cannot work from home, and whether it is considering any changes to this.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The advice for people on the shielding list at all protection levels is to work from home where possible. If people cannot, there are several options. The occupational health advice is that the majority of workplaces can be made safe even at protection level …

3 Dec 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its National Cancer Recovery plan has helped blood cancer patients, and what unmet needs it has identified.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Throughout drafting our National Cancer Recovery Plan, we have had extensive engagement with our third sector partners, such as the Scottish Cancer Coalition (SCC). The SCC’s membership includes charities such as Blood Cancer UK, Myeloma UK and Anthony Nolan,…

3 Dec 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting people with blood cancer to make informed choices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it is supporting them to put their choices into practice.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: We want to balance protection with empowering people to make their own decisions about what is right for them. We have introduced extra protection level advice (click here for table of extra advice )to protect people with the highest clinical risk, aligned …

3 Dec 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects people with cancer to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Patients with specific types of cancer are included in Group 4 and 6 of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) priority list. To date on 11 of March, 163,111 people who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV: 91% of those on the shieldin…

3 Dec 2020 · First Minister's Question

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30 Nov 2020 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the financial support for businesses in the rural economy and tourism sector that are affected by COVID-19 restrictions.

26 Nov 2020 · First Minister's Question

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24 Nov 2020 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it can give to businesses that face an increase in their non-domestic rates because they have invested in renewable energy and decarbonisation.

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) scheduled, (b) completed and (c) missed visits to participant households there have been in each week since the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey began in Scotland, and how this compares with other parts of the UK.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Management information provided below shows data on the number of scheduled, completed and missed visits to participant households there have been in each week since the survey began, from 21 September to 27 November. Data relate to non-unique household visit…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the aim of testing 15,000 participants per fortnightly period through the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey was set; on what date this was initially due to be achieved by; whether this has been met, and, if not, for what reasons, and how many have been tested in each fort…

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Recruitment into the survey commenced in September, with letters inviting households to participate in the survey reaching the first households on Friday 18 th September. Field work started on Monday 21 September, with survey teams starting to visit participa…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many households were invited to participate in the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey; how many of these households agreed to participate (a) on a one-off basis, (b) for a month or (c) regularly, and how many households that agreed to participate have not been involved in t…

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Figures published on 26 November include response rates showing that, between 21 September and 21 November, 93,522 households have been invited to take part in the COVID-19 Infection Survey. Of the households that have been invited to take part, 12,779 househ…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are working in Scotland on the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey, broken down by (a) role, (b) qualifications required and (c) level of pay; who they are employed by; how many survey teams there are, and how current staff numbers compare with forecasts.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: This is a matter for the Office for National Statistics who is conducting the survey on behalf of the Scottish Government.

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which private companies are involved in the operation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey in Scotland; who they were contracted by, and whether it will place any details it holds on these contracts and their value in SPICe.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The survey is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in collaboration with the University of Oxford on behalf of the UK and Scottish Government. Private organisations provide some of the services associated with this study. IQVIA is resp…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what level of asymptomatic testing for surveillance has been achieved through the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey in Scotland in each week since it began.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: This is a matter for the Office for National Statistics who is conducting the survey on behalf of the Scottish Government. The information requested is not held centrally.

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what role it has in the oversight and operation of the fieldwork for the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey being conducted by the ONS and the University of Oxford on its behalf.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The survey is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics in collaboration with the University of Oxford on behalf of the UK and Scottish Government. Scottish Government officials play a key part in supporting the survey by providing oversight and o…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the sample size has been for the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey in each week since it began, and how this compares with other parts of the UK.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Figures published on 26 November show that the total number of eligible individuals in households that have registered for the study for each country in the UK up to 21 November, which ONS recommend can be used as the study sample size. It is important to not…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey began in Scotland; how this compares with other parts of the UK, and, if there were different commencement dates, what the reason was for this.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The COVID-19 Infection Survey began as a pilot survey in England with fieldwork commencing on 26 April, initially inviting 20,276 English households to participate. The first results for England were published on 14 May. Fieldwork began in Wales on 29 June an…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it makes a contribution to the costs of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey, and, if so, how much, and what the total cost of the survey is.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Department of Health and Social Care fund the survey in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. In-kind support is provided by the Scottish Government. The cost of the survey is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care. The informatio…

20 Nov 2020 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to it stating that response rates for the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey were "higher than initially expected", whether it will provide details of what this involved, and what implications this had for the operation of the survey.

Answer · Jeane Freeman: Recruitment into the survey commenced in September, with letters inviting households to participate in the survey reaching the first Scottish households on 18 September. Field work started on 21 September, with survey teams starting to visit participant house…

19 Nov 2020 · First Minister's Question

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16 Nov 2020 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to assess the potential economic impact of the commitments set out in its Programme for Government.

12 Nov 2020 · First Minister's Question

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5 Nov 2020 · First Minister's Question

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29 Oct 2020 · First Minister's Question

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22 Oct 2020 · First Minister's Question

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