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3 Projects have been funded since the levy was introduced.

1) Project 1

(a) Climate Change Saltire Fellowships

(b) Greener Scotland

(c) The Scottish Government agreed to set up a carbon emissions off-set/reduction fund as part of the bid to secure the 2014 Commonwealth Games for Glasgow. The fellowship scheme targeted resources to students from Commonwealth countries least able to deal with the impacts of climate change.

(d) N/A

(e) £40,000

(f) Not Measured

(g) N/A

2) Project 2

(a) Scotland Lights up Malawi

(b) 2020 Climate Group, Keep Scotland Beautiful and Glasgow Caledonian University

(c) To bring safe, solar energy to rural communities in Malawi replacing paraffin lights with rechargeable solar lighting.

(d) N/A

(e) £200,000

(f) Not Measured

(g) N/A

3) Project 3

(a) Solar PV

(b) Scottish Government

(c) To provide funding to install solar panels on SAH to demonstrate installing renewables on a listed building in a conservation area and world heritage site.

(d) GHG Protocol

(e) £200,000

(f) 39,128 Kg CO2 saved to date.

(g) N/A

As outlined in my response to the chamber on the 27 November, we are focused on securing a Just Transition for workers, including at Mossmorran. Our focus is on securing new opportunities for workers, utilising the experience through Scottish Enterprise’s work at Grangemouth, to bring propositions to Mossmorran.

This is an operational matter for ScotRail Trains Ltd. The member may wish to contact ScotRail Trains Ltd directly to obtain this information.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to contact NHS Grampian directly for this information.

The information requested is not collected or held centrally by the Scottish Government.

While the Scottish Government provides the overall guidance to NHS Boards for the patient travel expenses reimbursement schemes, individual Boards are responsible for developing and applying their own policies and for determining patient and escort eligibility. The cost of travel funded/refunded under the schemes is met from Boards’ budgets.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to contact NHS Grampian directly for this information.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Scottish Government. The member may wish to contact NHS Grampian directly for this information.

While it is always our intention to be as open with the Parliament and the public as possible, as outlined in the answer to question S6W-41715, the Scottish Government is unable to provide the information requested as it does not hold this.

It is the responsibility of the Scottish Government to provide policies, frameworks and resources to NHS Boards to ensure that they can deliver services that meet the needs of their local population. However, the Scottish Government is not involved in the day to day operations and each NHS Board is individually responsible for appropriately utilising the resources provided.

The Scottish Government provides the overarching guidance to NHS Boards for patient travel expenses reimbursement and there has been no change to that guidance in the last 5 years. The Scottish Government has committed to a review of this overarching patient travel expenses reimbursement guidance. However, a start date for the review is not confirmed at this time; it is important that the review is considered within the context of wider reform on access to health care which is already in progress.

Scottish Government guidance on the Patient Travelling Expenses Schemes can be found here: 1996-70.pdf. As set out, financial support for travel is available to eligible patients attending hospital appointments, and authorised escorts, and this can include travel where treatment is not available within their own health board area.

The Scottish Government does not collect or hold data on travel arranged – this is an operational matter for Boards. Boards are expected to support patients in identifying and accessing available support.