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Answer · Michael Matheson · 23 Mar 2021

ScotRail is required through the Franchise Agreement to provide a delay-repay scheme to passengers, which offers compensation when their journey is delayed by more than 30 minutes.
The Delay Repay scheme operates on a railway period reporting basis from April to March.
The following tables summarise a) the actual compensation ScotRail awarded to passengers in each four-week period for (i) 2019-2020 and (ii) 2020-2021:-
Reporting Period
2019-2020 
Reporting Period
2020-2021
1
£91,429 
1
£2,223
2
£73,876 
2
£883
3
£72,288 
3
£765
4
£86,506 
4
£3,834
5
£98,904 
5
£15,861
6
£133,842 
6
£16,983
7
£91,281 
7
£10,114
8
£91,614 
8
£9,500
9
£85,064 
9
£6,016
10
£80,167 
10
£5,846
11
£66,172 
11
£5,749
12
£91,145 
12
£9,705
13
£67,690 
13
£0
Total
£1,129,976 
Total
£87,480
Concerning part (b) an estimate figure for unclaimed delay repay is not something that is held by Transport Scotland or ScotRail.

Answer · John Swinney · 18 Mar 2021

The Scottish Government does not hold this information as the recruitment and deployment of all staff in local authority schools is a matter for individual Councils.
We are firmly of the view that we will need all possible teaching resources at our disposal to compensate for any loss of learning suffered since the start of the pandemic, as well as to bring much needed resilience to the education system at this challenging time. Since the start of the pandemic we have committed over £375 million to education recovery. This includes a combination of spend to support learning, including investments to support the recruitment of additional teachers and support staff.

Answer · Jeane Freeman · 29 Apr 2021

Data published by Public Health Scotland covering the period 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020 shows that in NHS Grampian 83.7% of eligible referrals started treatment within the 62 day standard, representing 1082 of 1292 eligible referrals.
Further breakdown of this data can be accessed at Cancer waiting times 30 March 2021 - Data & intelligence from PHS (isdscotland.org)
Data on 62 day standard performance for 2021 has not yet been published by Public Health Scotland. Data for Q1 2021 (January - March) will be published by PHS on 30 June 2021.
To support cancer services NHS Grampian received £987,000 in this financial year of 2020-21. Our Effective Cancer Management Consultant also provides weekly enhanced performance support to ensure patients are moving through the pathway as safely and swiftly as possible.
Cancer services across NHS Scotland has and will remain a top clinical priority.

Answer · Ivan McKee · 19 Mar 2021

The information requested is set out in the following table.
Revenue Only  
Local Authority
Block Grant
Block Grant (per head) 
Total Settlement
Total Settlement (per head) 
£m
£ 
£m
£
Aberdeen City
343.729
1,510 
395.485
1,738
Aberdeenshire
444.768
1,701 
503.335
1,925
Angus
213.070
1,836 
237.882
2,050
Argyll & Bute
201.044
2,331 
223.597
2,592
Clackmannanshire
98.287
1,912 
110.277
2,145
Dumfries & Galloway
297.682
2,001 
330.231
2,219
Dundee City
302.885
2,036 
342.253
2,301
East Ayrshire
238.165
1,955 
267.101
2,192
East Dunbartonshire
194.723
1,798 
215.943
1,993
East Lothian
179.979
1,701 
203.638
1,925
East Renfrewshire
187.570
1,971 
202.130
2,124
Edinburgh, City of
769.893
1,485 
900.461
1,737
Eilean Siar
97.107
3,619 
108.133
4,030
Falkirk
290.875
1,814 
340.521
2,124
Fife
674.181
1,813 
753.384
2,026
Glasgow City
1,268.372
2,025 
1,482.770
2,367
Highland
472.656
2,007 
530.552
2,252
Inverclyde
169.418
2,168 
188.618
2,414
Midlothian
167.155
1,830 
191.305
2,094
Moray
167.067
1,749 
188.791
1,976
North Ayrshire
282.899
2,091 
304.488
2,251
North Lanarkshire
640.148
1,882 
717.988
2,111
Orkney
72.073
3,248 
87.812
3,957
Perth & Kinross
264.351
1,747 
307.223
2,031
Renfrewshire
322.477
1,814 
364.074
2,048
Scottish Borders
218.056
1,892 
265.379
2,302
Shetland
82.965
3,609 
102.550
4,461
South Ayrshire
210.278
1,868 
232.736
2,068
South Lanarkshire
582.076
1,825 
649.314
2,035
Stirling
174.454
1,849 
197.306
2,092
West Dunbartonshire
193.294
2,169 
209.024
2,345
West Lothian
330.637
1,815 
365.664
2,008
Undistributed
114.979  
137.142 
Scotland
10,267.311
1,888 
11,672.433
2,146
 

Answer · Jeane Freeman · 5 May 2021

Funding provided by the Scottish Government (Chief Scientist Office) for research falls into three broad areas of activity, i.e. research studies, capacity building and supporting infrastructure. The specific amounts provided by condition are set out below although it should be noted that research studies (funded by non-commercial and third sector organisations) would also have benefited from the provision of service support costs and other generic resources which are not routinely recorded by condition.
Research Grants/Scheme
Chief Scientist Office supports response mode grant committees and a small catalytic grants scheme (2016-19). The committees which comprise independent experts as well as public representatives consider applications across broad research remits to address health and care challenges in Scotland. Applications are subject to independent expert peer-review with funding recommendations made by the committees. It should be noted that funding rounds were significantly impacted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic which saw a significant research response.  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (a) stroke £85,339 £865,540 £645,018 £920,831 £0 (b) heart disease £766,921 £248,008 £312,147 £55,649 £0 (c) cancer £1,788,652 £1,718,367 £584,977 £979,022 £299,412 (e) sight £0 £31,226 £0 £0 £0
 
Capacity Building
Over period 2016-2020 a number of capacity building schemes were active.  Each scheme has separate Panels which consider applications.
The funding awarded for relevant projects is shown below:
   2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (a) stroke £213,517 £0 £289,810 £0 £0 (b) heart disease £37,000 £20,000 £142,252 £144,278 £70,000 (c) cancer (including cancer prevention research) £533,000 £268,990 £766,111 £713,000 £676,935 e) Sight loss £0 £60,000 £0 £0 £0
 
No projects were recommended for funding by Capacity Panels over the period 2016-2020 in the area of (d) hearing loss.
 
Infrastructure
Dedicated infrastructure support which was open to all eligibly funded research studies was as follows: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (a) stroke £598,000 £604,000 £616,000 £616,000 £616,000 (b) heart disease £62,000 £64,000 £64,000 £66,424 £66,424 (c) cancer £442,000 £447,000 £456,000 £456,000 £456,000 (d) hearing loss £356,152 £342,651 £391,752 £394,924 £398,924 e) Sight loss £12,000 £14,000 £14,000 £14,404 £14,404
 
 

Answer · John Swinney · 18 Mar 2021

The Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels publication provides information on the number of publicly funded school children in Primary 1, Primary 4, Primary 7 and Secondary 3 who have achieved the expected Curriculum for Excellence level in the literacy organisers (reading, writing and listening and talking) and numeracy.
The latest data, for 2018/19, can be found here: Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels 2018-19 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) with local authority level data, including for Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, available for each stage and organiser in tables 10.1 to 10.5 (see 'Supporting files'). When making comparisons between local authorities we recommend keeping in mind the context of the authorities and their approach to assessment.

Answer · Clare Haughey · 23 Mar 2021

The latest published data for CAMHS waiting times was released on 2 March 2021 by Public Health Scotland and contains data up to 31 December 2020. For ease of reference NHS Grampian CAMHS waiting times data is detailed below.
a) Between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, 1,359 children and young people started treatment in CAMHS within NHS Grampian (see Table 1). Of these, 1,188 started treatment within the 18-week target.
b) This represents 87% of new patients starting treatment within 18 weeks of referral.
Table 1: CAMHS Waiting Times for NHS Grampian (1 Jan 2020 – 31 December 2020, aggregated) 
2020
Children and Young People starting treatment
1,359
Children and Young People starting treatment within 18 weeks
1,188
Children and Young People starting treatment within 18 weeks (%)
87%
Source: https://beta.isdscotland.org/media/7928/waiting-times-tables.xlsx
Full publication: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/conditions-and-diseases/mental-health/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-services-camhs-waiting-times/