Parliamentary questions

Donald Cameron

1,854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.

7 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what resources it estimates are required to ensure that patients requiring an orthopaedic (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient/day-case appointment have it within the 12-week target.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-04983 on 23 December 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-commit…

7 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what resources it estimates are required to ensure that patients referred for orthopaedic treatment will start treatment within 18-week referral-to-treatment target.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: We know that it will take time and a series of targeted actions to build back capacity and redesign patient pathways to bring treatment times back within targets for orthopaedic patients. As part of the NHS Recovery Plan , which is backed by an overall inv…

7 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for orthopaedic (a) outpatient appointments, (b) inpatient/day-case appointments and (c) treatment in (i) NHS Highland and (ii) Scotland.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The Scottish Government does not hold average data for ongoing waits, however the latest distribution of waiting times data with regards to ongoing waits for orthopaedic inpatient/day-case and new outpatient appointments is published on the Public Health Scot…

7 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have currently been referred for orthopaedic treatment in (a) NHS Highland and (b) Scotland but have not yet been given a treatment date.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Public Health Scotland (PHS) publishes quarterly statistics relating to the waits patients experience for new outpatient appointments and inpatient or day case admission at specialty and health board level using the links below. https://beta.isdscotland.org/…

7 Dec 2021 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its Housing Strategy is supporting action to prevent fuel poverty in households in rural and remote areas.

2 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03688 by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2021, how many of the Fixed Penalty Notices issued since 25 January 2019 remain unpaid, and, of those, how many have been (a) referred to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and (b) proceeded in the co…

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: Since 25 January 2019 until 13 October 2021, the period covered by S6W-03688, there have been 19 fixed penalty notices unpaid, compared to 93 paid. This makes a payment rate over the period of 83%. The breakdown is as follows: (a) 7 of the 19 cases were re…

2 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many days were spent at sea on operational duties by the Marine Protection Vessels (a) Minna, (b) Jura and (c) Hirta in each year between 2018 and 2020, broken down by whether they were (i) within and (ii) outside the six nautical mile limit.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The number of days spent at sea for the Marine Protection Vessels is as follows: Number of Days at Sea Vessel 2018 2019 2020 MPV JURA 285 322 299 MPV HIRTA 297 318 305 MPV MINNA 296 320 264 We are unable to separate patrol days between insi…

2 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to commission new (a) boats, (b) vessels and (c) aircraft (including drones) to strengthen the capacity of Marine Scotland to ensure the effective and robust enforcement of fisheries and marine conservation legislation.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: Marine Scotland has commenced a long-term process to assess the future needs of its offshore marine assets. A contract was awarded in late 2020 to deliver specialist Marine Protection Vessel (MPV) and Marine Research Vessel (MRV) concept designs. Subject to …

2 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the capacity of Marine Scotland to ensure the effective and robust enforcement of fisheries and marine conservation legislation.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: Marine Scotland’s enforcement capability consists of 18 coastal offices at strategic locations around the country; 3 marine protection vessels and 2 inshore protection patrol vessels; and two surveillance aircraft. Ministers keep the capacity of Marine Scotl…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the Inner Sound Local Fisheries Management Advisory Group last met, and how often it meets.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: In February 2020, the Scottish Government published the Inshore Fisheries Pilot: Inner Sound of Skye Consultation Outcome Report. One of the recommendations contained in the report, was to establish an Inner Sound Local Fisheries Management Advisory Group. Th…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been matched with an adopter via Scotland’s Adoption Register in each year since 2011.

Answer · Clare Haughey: This information is publically available on the Scottish Adoption Register’s Website in the Annual Report for 2021-21 Year Number of Matches 2011-12 8 2012-13 34 2013-14 59 2014-15 78 2015-16 89 2016-17 92 2017-18 96 2018-19 100 2019-20 …

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland have registered a donation decision with the NHS Organ Donor Register.

Answer · Maree Todd: As of 06 December 2021, 54.8% of people in Scotland have registered a donation decision on the NHS Organ Donor Register.

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Creative Scotland has allocated to projects in each year since 2007, also broken down by local authority area.

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: The information requested relates to the funding decisions taken by the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen which existed from 2007 to 30 June 2010 and Creative Scotland which was established from 1 July 2010 and brought together the two predecessor org…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional business space was created as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.

Answer · Tom Arthur: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-04826 on13 December 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-committ…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid for its (a) active and (b) inactive website domain names in each year since 2016.

Answer · Kate Forbes: Scottish Government makes DNS changes to domains on a daily basis. Given the number of change requests that have been processed each day since renewals in 2016 and the way in which domains are managed it is not possible for us to provide an accurate breakdown…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has spent on promoting its Organ Donation Scotland campaign since the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent, broken down by (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) radio, (d) billboard/bus stop and (e) online advertising.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: Total expenditure on the organ donation campaign in Scotland since the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent, on the referred media, is £657,922.31. This is broken as follows: 2019-20 2020-21 a) Television £184,727.40 b…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications were (a) approved and (b) not approved for an award from the 2021 round of the Regional Food Fund.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: In 2021, the Regional Food Fund received 191 applications with 91 of those sifted out as determined ineligible with the fund. Of the remaining 100 applications, 41 were successful and received funding.

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many communities are currently without 4G services in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.

Answer · Kate Forbes: The Scottish Government does not collate or hold data on commercial 4G coverage across Scotland. However, Ofcom provides this data as part of the interactive report they produce alongside their Connected Nations updates. Their latest published information, i…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many further masts it plans to install as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.

Answer · Kate Forbes: The Scottish 4G Infill Programme is investing £28.75M to build up to 55 mobile masts designed to bring 4G connectivity to rural and island communities around Scotland. Updates are published on a regular basis at Scottish 4G infill programme: progress update …

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been awarded to businesses in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray from the Regional Food Fund in each year since it was established.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: Information on funding awarded to projects from the Regional Food Fund in each year since it was established is published on the Scotland Food & Drink website and can be found at the following link: https://foodanddrink.scot/regional-food-growth/regional-foo…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings were brought back into use as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.

Answer · Tom Arthur: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-04826 on 13 December 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-commit…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people in Scotland who have not yet registered a donation decision with the NHS Organ Donor Register are able to do so.

Answer · Maree Todd: The Scottish Government takes action to ensure that people in Scotland who have not yet registered a donation decision with the NHS Organ Donor Register are able to do so as follows:An annual summer public awareness campaign using TV, radio, newspaper, social…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many website domain names that it owns and pays for are currently (a) active and (b) inactive.

Answer · Kate Forbes: Scottish Government currently owns 1081 registered domains. 629 of them are currently “active” and 452 are currently “inactive”. This total includes domain name variants which are commonly registered to protect a domain from malicious use, as well as domains…

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many new masts have been installed as part of the Scottish 4G Infill Programme in (a) Argyll and Bute, (b) the Western Isles, (c) the Highlands, (d) Orkney, (e) Shetland and (f) Moray.

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it still plans to carry out its 2022 census as per its current timeline.

Answer · Angus Robertson: Scotland’s next census will be held on Sunday 20 March 2022. This will be the 22nd census to take place since the first in 1801, and the 17th to be managed independently here in Scotland.

1 Dec 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs were created as a result of the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.

Answer · Tom Arthur: 26 projects were funded through the 2020 round of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund. When completed these projects are projected to support or create more than 1200 jobs, refurbish or bring back in to use 26 buildings and create more than 29,000sqm of busin…

23 Nov 2021 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to help improve employment opportunities in the Highlands and Islands, including for young people.

4 Nov 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients waited longer than the period specified in the referral to treatment time guarantee to receive orthopaedic treatment in NHS Highland in each year since 2007, and what the reasons for delays in treatment were.

Answer · Humza Yousaf: The following table sets out the total number of patients seen and the number that waited over 18 weeks for orthopaedic treatment in NHS Highland, from January 2012 to June 2021 – the latest data available. This includes all patients reported as seen on the 1…

2 Nov 2021 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for colposcopy appointments.

20 Oct 2021 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it offered CS Wind UK Ltd any financial incentives and/or subsidies in order to avoid it entering into administration.

Answer · Ivan McKee: CS Wind had previously received grant support from Highlands and Islands Enterprise to open their facility in Macrihanish. Providing further public sector support may have breached subsidy control limits