Parliamentary questions
Donald Cameron
1,854 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the budgeted annual subsidy requirements of the two new vessels currently under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow once they are in service.
Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The annual subsidy requirements are not broken down by individual vessels across the network. Additional costs of operating these vessels have still to be finalised and are dependent on operational decisions around the wider fleet. In addition these will be …
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the expected in-service dates are for the two vessels under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The delivery of 801 is planned for the range April 2022 to June 2022 and the delivery of 802 is planned for December 2022 to February 2023. Following delivery it is estimated that a further 3 months will be required by CalMac for each to undergo local area tr…
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any grant funding or access arrangements for third party-owned terminals to be used following the completion of the two new vessels currently under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow.
Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-34435 on? 1 February 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed cost breakdown and variance analysis comparing the original contract price and the current completion cost estimate for the two vessels under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This information can be found in the publicly available Updated Cost and Programme for Vessels 801 & 802 report published by the Scottish Government on 18 December 2019 at Appendix 8, which can be found at Ferguson Marine: report on cost and programme for ve…
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of (a) actual and (b) anticipated infrastructure capital spend, at (i) CMAL-owned and (ii) third party-owned terminals, associated with the introduction of the two new vessels currently under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow.
Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: The marine and landside upgrade works being undertaken at these ports go much further than simply accommodating the new vessels. The works replace ageing infrastructure, provide greater resilience and reliability to the ferry links, as well as improving the t…
8 Jan 2021 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the current completion cost estimate is for the two vessels under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow.
Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The estimated completion costs for the vessels is unchanged since last estimate at £110.3m - £114.3m.
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31900 by Paul Wheelhouse on 26 October 2020, what additional financial support it has provided to (a) CalMac and (b) NorthLink Ferries in each month since August 2020 to enable it to respond to the financial pressures arising from the COVID-19 pande…
Answer · Paul Wheelhouse: Further to the answer provided to S5W-31900 the Scottish Government continues to provide additional financial support to CalMac Ferries Ltd and Serco NorthLink Ferries as detailed in the following table. CalMac Ferries Ltd Serco NorthLink Ferries £ £ A…
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s requirement for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be packed down and administered by the same legal entity will affect the (a) mass roll-out of the vaccine and (b) use of (i) mass vaccination centres, (ii) GP surgeries and (iii) …
Answer · Jeane Freeman: The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) require that the packing down of any vaccine under the exemption provided in section 10 of the 1968 Medicines Act is done by the same legal entity that is administering the vaccine. This allows supplie…
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to promote the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine (a) among harder to reach groups and (b) generally.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The JCVI group has considered evidence and all factors including age, ethnicity occupation and additional vulnerabilities and concluded that rapid vaccine deployment is the most important means to maximise public health benefits against severe outcomes from C…
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the number of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination doses that have been delivered to Scotland.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The Scottish Government has been very clear from day one that the pace of our national vaccine programme is dependent on vaccine supply and delivery timescales and we continue to work closely across the 4 nations to ensure this is as smooth as possible. We a…
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 80 who are not in a care home or in hospital.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: People over 80 living at home are the current priority group for vaccination. Rollout of the Rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine began on Monday 4 January, with the over 80's in the community being called for vaccination by their GP's. The NHS are aimin…
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what COVID-19 vaccine uptake rate it is aiming to achieve.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: We aim to have offered everyone within the JCVIs initial priority list an opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccination by May 2021. Once this initial priority list has had the opportunity to receive their vaccinations the rest of the population will follow. …
21 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further information on the figure of 130,650 Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination doses in the letter of 16 December 2020 from the Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing to MSPs.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-34189 on 24 February 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
16 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to allowing indoor household mixing in rural and remote parts of mainland Scotland that are in Level 1, in a similar way that has been allowed for those living in inhabited island communities.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: On December 8, the First Minister confirmed to Parliament that all islands in local authority areas under Level 1 protective measures without road links to the mainland would mirror the approach taken on the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Na h-Eileanan …
15 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which of Scotland’s inhabited islands (a) can and (b) cannot currently receive a delivery of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: There are currently no issues with vaccine supply to any of Scotland’s Islands.
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33500 by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020, whether it can confirm that the equipment required for the four PSMA-PET scanning services that it announced on 12 June 2019 are all in place, and that each service is fully operational.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: Work is well advanced to provide these services to the Scottish population, although there have been some delays to installation due to the COVID pandemic. Equipment is in place in Edinburgh and Dundee and it is anticipated that Edinburgh will be granted a li…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the COVID-19 vaccination policy for (a) NHS and (b) social care staff in each NHS board area.
Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The Scottish Government has published its COVID-19 vaccination policy, including NHS and social care staff across Scotland, in its Deployment Plan. This sets out how we will work as fast as supplies allow to vaccinate everyone over the age of 18 and those age…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the national (a) performance dashboard, (b) advice and booking service and (c) vaccination record system that is referred to in the COVID-19 Delivery Framework.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33989 on? 29 January 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish each NHS board's COVID-19 vaccination delivery plan.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33989 on? 29 January 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards are licensed for distributing and administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and what plans these boards have in place with the remaining NHS boards regarding the use of the vaccine.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: All NHS Health Boards can distribute and administer the Pfizer vaccine within their own legal entity using NHS staff.
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many people will be in wave (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the COVID-19 vaccination prioritisation programme, also broken down by how many weeks it will take to immunise them.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: This information is outlined in the published 'COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Plan 2021' Coronavirus (COVID-19): vaccine deployment plan 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the national workforce plan for the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33989 on? 29 January 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what plans have been or are being prepared for the use of future COVID-19 vaccines that might require less logistical planning than that developed by Pfizer.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-33989 on? 29 January 2021. 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/parliamentarybusine…
10 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it will deliver the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to remote and rural communities.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: NHS Boards have the ability to, in line with Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory agency (MHRA) requirements, pack down and distribute the Pfizer vaccine within their own legal entity. This will enable the vaccine to be administered in rural and islan…
8 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) (i) NHS and (ii) social care staff and (b) care home residents will be vaccinated with the initial 65,500 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: As of 23rd December Public Health Scotland are publishing weekly vaccination statistics on their website. As further vaccination data becomes available, PHS will consider expanding their reporting in line with this.
8 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether the COVID-19 vaccine will be brought to NHS and social care staff at the hospitals and locations at which they work, or whether they will be required to make their own arrangements to travel to locations where the vaccine is being stored and administered.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: NHS Scotland Heath Boards are responsible for the local delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine. As such, health boards are responsible for making decisions regarding local delivery in line with the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) guidance. T…
8 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) NHS and (b) social care staff in total will be vaccinated as part of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: Number of vaccines administered is included as part of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) data . This includes information on numbers vaccinated in JCVI priority groups, and weekly information about vaccine supply. Local data can be found on Public Health Scotland…
8 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether prioritisation for the COVID-19 vaccine will be given to different types of (a) NHS and (b) social care staff depending on which area of the service they work within.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: I refer the member to the information sent to all MSP’s dated 23rd December which provides the prioritisation information requested.
7 Dec 2020 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Government what the wastage rate will be with any COVID-19 vaccination programme.
Answer · Jeane Freeman: To date, our latest management information indicates a wastage rate of around only 1.8% - well below our planning assumption of 5%, which is a precautionary approach for worst case scenarios and in line with global best practice.
7 Dec 2020 · Topical Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.