Richard Leonard

23 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish data measuring the performance of maternity and neo-natal care against the standards and recommendations on staffing and staff training set out in Neonatal Care in Scotland: A Quality Framework.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: ISD Scotland publish nursing and midwifery staff in post and nursing and midwifery student intakes figures, as well as nursing and midwifery progression rates. The links below provide the latest data as at 30 June 2016: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Top…

21 Sep 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the condition of college buildings.

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the budget is for the Workplace Innovation Service, and how many businesses will receive assistance.

Answer · Keith Brown: Scottish Enterprise launched their Workplace Innovation (WPI) Service on 22August 2016 to enhance established support services for innovation. With a budget of £400,000 this pilot will support up to 100 companies over the next two years.

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many registered businesses there have been in each year since 2007.

Answer · Keith Brown: The Scottish Government publishes a count of the number of private sector registered businesses, in the ‘Businesses in Scotland’ report, on an annual basis. The table below is taken from the ‘Businesses in Scotland 2015’ report, which was published on 3 Novem…

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the Scotland Can Do Scale Programme will be launched; what its budget will be, and how it will be delivered.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The first iteration of the Scotland CAN DO Scale initiative was launched in June 2015. To date this model has supported 133 innovation-driven high-growth potential companies at residential summer schools held in August 2015 and August 2016. Further, 500 compa…

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of what assessment it has carried out of skills (a) shortages and (b) underuse.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: The UKCES Employer Skills Survey covers skill shortages and underuse. The Scottish Government is a partner to this research. The survey results were published in January 2016 and the latest results for Scotland are available here: https://www.gov.uk/governmen…

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government by what date Skills Development Scotland will publish its regional (a) skills assessments and (b) outcome agreements.

Answer · Jamie Hepburn: Skills Development Scotland (SDS) published Regional Skills Assessments in February 2016. They aim to launch refreshed Regional Skills Assessments in November 2016. SDS does not publish outcome agreements but do provide information, including Regional Skills…

13 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the labour productivity figure has been in each year since 2007, expressed in output per hour.

Answer · Keith Brown: The latest labour productivity statistics for Scotland are available at: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Economy/PROD2014

9 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates are employed by companies that have signed up to the Scottish Business Pledge.

Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The information requested is given in the table entitled “Business Pledge – Statistical overview – August 2016”, a copy of which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib number 57653).

9 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the signatories to the Scottish Business Pledge and what components each business has signed up to.

Answer · Keith Brown: The information requested is already in the public domain. A list of Scottish Business Pledge signatories entitled "A to Z of Scottish Business Pledge Companies as of 15 September 2016" can be found on the Scottish Business Pledge website at: https://scottish…

7 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it monitors the number and value of public contracts that it and other public bodies in Scotland award to supported employment workplaces for disabled people.

Answer · Derek Mackay: Public bodies should publish a contract award notice for contracts that are in scope for procurement regulations. Generally these are contracts for £50,000 or more for goods and services and £2 million for construction. In addition public bodies are required …

7 Sep 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many public contracts were placed with supported employment workplaces for disabled people through its procurement process and what their value was in each year since 2011.

Answer · Derek Mackay: The Scottish Government Framework for Supported Factories and Businesses was awarded in September 2012. The number of contracts placed from financial year 2011-2012, via Public Contract Scotland (PCS) prior to the Framework Agreement is 17. As referred to in…

30 Aug 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take action to prevent NHS Lanarkshire from closing trauma and inpatient orthopaedic services at Monklands Hospital.

21 Aug 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with representatives of (a) Highland and Universal Land Limited, (b) Highland Global Transport Limited and (c) Gloag Investment Properties Limited; who was in attendance, and what was discussed, in each of the last two years.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government has had no meetings with representatives of these companies in the last two years.

10 Aug 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish the full minute of the meeting between the First Minister and the German Government's Minister of State for Europe, which was held on 9 August 2016.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: On 28 June 2016 the Scottish Government received a clear mandate from Parliament to pursue all options to protect Scotland’s relationship with the EU. Acting on this, the First Minister met with Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal…

5 Jul 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minute of the meeting between Transport Scotland and Orchard Brae Ltd and their agents on 26 January 2016 and what information it has on the meeting hosted by North Lanarkshire Council Planning and Roads officers and attended by NLC, Transport Planning Ltd and…

Answer · Humza Yousaf: No formal minutes were taken at either meeting and we are therefore unable to publish the details. The second meeting was held on 13 April 2016 and was hosted by North Lanarkshire Council Planning and Roads officers with attendance from Transport Scotland of…

29 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the First Minister on 28 June 2016 (Official Report, c. 4), on what date it will publish the full minute of the meeting between the First Minister and the President of the European (a) Parliament and (b) Commission.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: On 28 June 2016 the Scottish Government received a clear mandate from Parliament to pursue all options to protect Scotland’s relationship with the EU. Acting on this, the First Minister met the Presidents of the European Parliament and European Commission on …

29 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the First Minister on 28 June 2016 (Official Report, c. 4), whether it will publish the terms of the discussions that it is seeking to have with the member states of the EU, and whether these will be discussed in advance with leaders of the other parties in t…

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The First Minister has committed to explore all options to protect Scotland’s relationship with the EU. On 28 June 2016 the Scottish Parliament provided a clear mandate for Scottish Ministers to engage with EU member states to pursue this outcome, and to ensu…

21 Jun 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the implications of the Trade Union Act 2016 on workers in Scotland.

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for orthopaedic services in NHS Forth Valley

Answer · Shona Robison: It is for NHS boards and health and social care partnerships to plan and provide services that meet the needs of local people, whilst being consistent with national policies and frameworks established by the Scottish Government.

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for the provision of orthopaedic services at each of the acute hospitals in NHS Lanarkshire.

Answer · Shona Robison: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-00512 on 16 June 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/parliamentarybusiness/28…

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many orthopaedic (a) inpatients and (b) outpatients have been treated in each hospital in NHS (i) Forth Valley and (ii) Lanarkshire in each of the last five years.

Answer · Shona Robison: The following tables show the number of orthopaedic inpatient/daycases and outpatients that have been treated in NHS Forth Valley and NHS Lanarkshire by hospital for the last five calendar years. Table 1 - Number people treated under orthopaedic specialty …

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) consultants, (b) registrars, (c) junior doctors, (d) physiotherapists and (e) nurses provide orthopaedic services in each hospital in NHS (i) Lanarkshire and (ii) Forth Valley.

Answer · Shona Robison: Information on how many (d) physiotherapists and (e) nurses provide orthopaedic services is not held centrally. The following tables show, in whole time equivalent (WTE) terms, the number of consultants and doctors in training in NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Fort…

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which medical specialisms NHS (a) Lanarkshire and (b) Forth Valley has provided at which hospitals since May 2007.

Answer · Shona Robison: The level of operational detail requested is not held centrally but should be available direct from the NHS boards.

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a list of the contractors and sub-contractors working on the M8 upgrade.

Answer · Keith Brown: The contract for the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements project, including works to upgrade the M8, was awarded to Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP), a consortium employing a construction joint venture of Ferrovial Agroman and Lagan, on 20 February 2014. SRP is …

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its environmental impact assessment of the M8 upgrade.

Answer · Keith Brown: Three environmental statements that report the findings of the environmental impact assessments undertaken as part of the statutory processes necessary for developing the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements projects have been published by the Scottish Government…

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the impact of the M8 upgrade on the greenbelt.

Answer · Keith Brown: A number of environmental impact assessments were undertaken as part of the development of the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements project. The findings of these assessments are described in environmental statements which were published as part of the statutory …

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on planning applications to build on designated greenbelt.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: Scottish Government policy on green belts is set out in Scottish Planning Policy in paragraphs 50-52 and 82. Specifically, paragraph 52 states that local development plans should describe the types and scales of development which would be appropriate in a gre…

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Orchard Brae Ltd from since May 2011.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Officials from Transport Scotland have met twice with parties who we understand act on behalf of Orchard Brae Ltd. Both meetings related to early engagement on transport appraisal and assessment for a proposed development referred to as Euro Park. The firs…

3 Jun 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had since May 2011 and with whom to consider the case for a railway halt in the village of Plains.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Transport Scotland met with North Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to discuss aspirations for a station at Plains in February 2013 and December 2014 and, as a result of these meetings, North Lanarkshire Council agreed to undertake…