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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-02465

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when proposals for the introduction of Compulsory Sales Orders will be brought forward.

Question reference: S6O-00122

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the cultural sector’s recovery in the current financial year, including the provision of funding.

Question reference: S6O-00089

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the impact parental smoking has on child poverty.

Question reference: S6W-01500

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01033 by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021, what is meant by "certain infectious and parasitic diseases."

Question reference: S6W-01499

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01033 by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021, for what reason influenza, pneumonia and other infectious diseases were not included in the figures provided.

Causes of death are categorised using the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10 th Revision (ICD-10). A link to this classification is available here:

Influenza and pneumonia fall under chapter X “Diseases of the respiratory system” in ICD-10 rather than chapter I “Certain infectious and parasitic diseases”. Deaths from ‘Diseases of the respiratory system’ are shown in the following table .

For a full breakdown of all causes of death categorised within ICD-10, please refer to chapter 6 of the Vital Events Reference Tables published by National Records of Scotland.

Table 1. Deaths from diseases of the respiratory system

ICD10 Summary list	Cause of death		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019


J00-99	X. Diseases of the respiratory system	M	3,522	3,373	3,137	3,221	3,057
J00-99	X. Diseases of the respiratory system	F	4,147	3,923	3,717	3,907	3,495
J09-11	Influenza	M	42	42	55	145	75
J09-11	Influenza	F	52	37	81	216	82
J12-18	Pneumonia	M	863	789	752	748	714
J12-18	Pneumonia	F	1,070	1,011	983	922	840
J40-47	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	M	1,575	1,508	1,518	1,495	1,452
J40-47	Chronic lower respiratory diseases	F	1,937	1,930	1,931	1,974	1,831
J45-46	Asthma	M	35	41	33	34	32
J45-46	Asthma	F	87	92	93	80	66

Question reference: S6W-01631

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 August 2021

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the £60 million that it committed to renewing every play park in Scotland during the current parliamentary session will be distributed to local authorities, and what mechanism will be used to determine the resources that will be allocated to each local authority.

Question reference: S6W-01034

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people died of food poisoning in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Question reference: S6W-01161

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 19 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many children aged under 16, who went missing in 2019, were still missing a year later.

Question reference: S6W-01033

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many people died of infectious diseases in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by disease.

The number of people who died of infectious diseases in each of the last five years are shown in the following table. These figures are available on the NRS website up to 2019. Data for 2020 will be published on 17 August 2021. This data can be accessed at:

ICD10 Summary list	Cause of death		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019


A00-B99	I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 1	M	340	343	299	333	332
A00-B99	I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases 1	F	415	410	387	400	357
A15-19, B90	Tuberculosis	M	11	17	14	16	18
A15-19, B90	Tuberculosis	F	10	9	7	11	4
A39	Meningococcal infection	M	3	2	-	2	2
A39	Meningococcal infection	F	2	2	1	1	3
B15-19	Viral hepatitis	M	40	18	19	12	15
B15-19	Viral hepatitis	F	13	11	9	5	8
B20-24	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	M	10	19	6	9	12
B20-24	Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease	F	2	5	-	4	-

Question reference: S6W-01001

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 July 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used when distributing the Bus Partnership Fund.

Proposals to the Bus Partnership Fund were scored against the following criteria, which were published when the Fund opened on 9 November 2020:

Evidence of congestion and ideas to reduce congestion, through improved emissions (25%)
Partnership strength and demonstrated commitment, which will include match in kind (20%)
Deliverability: the ability of the lead local authority and its partners to deliver the proposed developments, including local political buy-in (15%)
bus services (40%)
How the proposal fits with the partnership area’s overall strategy for integrated transport, to encourage a modal shift from cars to more sustainable transport and reduce