- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been provided to each further education college as a result of the 2017 college sector estates condition survey.
Answer
Of the annual capital funding allocation provided, each college received backlog and lifecycle maintenance as detailed in Tables A & B. The first column lists funding allocated to address the very high and high priority backlog maintenance identified by the 2017 college sector estates condition survey.
Table A shows that £26.89m in FY 2018-19 and Table B that £12.39m in FY 2019-20 was provided to the college sector to address the backlog maintenance identified by the 2017 survey.
Table A: Final Capital funding for FY 2018-19 | | |
College/Region | FY 2018-19
final capital
based on gross
very high priority
backlog maintenance | FY 2018-19
final capital for
lifecycle maintenance
based on share
of volume target | Total FY 2018-19
final capital funding
for lifecycle &
very high priority
backlog maintenance | |
| | £ | £ | £ | |
Ayrshire College | 2,764,749 | 928,983 | 3,693,732 | |
Borders College | 76,494 | 188,480 | 264,974 | |
Dumfries & Galloway College | 155,301 | 225,913 | 381,214 | |
Dundee & Angus College | 1,235,693 | 773,468 | 2,009,162 | |
Edinburgh College | 2,673,397 | 1,397,086 | 4,070,483 | |
Fife College | 1,693,221 | 975,008 | 2,668,229 | |
Forth Valley College | 56,245 | 630,382 | 686,626 | |
Glasgow Region | 3,494,799 | 2,759,497 | 6,254,296 | |
Highlands & Islands Region | 3,844,150 | 822,257 | 4,666,406 | |
Lanarkshire Region | 6,180,455 | 1,291,778 | 7,472,233 | |
Newbattle Abbey College 1 | 97,316 | 0 | 97,316 | |
North East Scotland College | 1,464,603 | 996,239 | 2,460,842 | |
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 1 | 120,257 | 0 | 120,257 | |
SRUC | 0 | 170,294 | 170,294 | |
West College Scotland | 3,003,981 | 1,181,794 | 4,185,775 | |
West Lothian College 2 | 34,579 | 168,820 | 203,399 | |
Scotland | 26,895,240 | 12,510,000 | 39,405,240 | |
1 - Newbattle Abbey College & Sabhal Mòr Ostaig do not receive capital for lifecycle maintenance funding. |
2 - West Lothian College's capital funding is adjusted to reflect the repayment of a loan. | |
Table B: Final capital funding for FY 2019-20 | | |
College/Region | FY 2019-20
final capital
based on gross
high priority
backlog maintenance | FY 2019-20
final capital for
lifecycle maintenance
based on share
of volume target | Total final
capital funding
based on high priority
backlog & lifecycle
maintenance | |
| | £ | £ | £ | |
Ayrshire College | 124,000 | 645,000 | 769,000 | |
Borders College | 138,000 | 131,000 | 269,000 | |
Dumfries & Galloway College | 27,000 | 157,000 | 184,000 | |
Dundee & Angus College | 1,109,000 | 537,000 | 1,646,000 | |
Edinburgh College | 1,455,000 | 971,000 | 2,426,000 | |
Fife College | 964,000 | 677,000 | 1,641,000 | |
Forth Valley College | 0 | 438,000 | 438,000 | |
Glasgow Region | 1,623,000 | 1,917,000 | 3,540,000 | |
Highlands & Islands Region | 958,000 | 574,000 | 1,532,000 | |
Lanarkshire Region | 1,165,000 | 887,000 | 2,052,000 | |
Newbattle Abbey College 1 | 762,000 | 0 | 762,000 | |
North East Scotland College | 1,617,000 | 692,000 | 2,309,000 | |
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 1 | 216,000 | 0 | 216,000 | |
SRUC | 492,000 | 118,000 | 610,000 | |
West College Scotland | 1,710,000 | 821,000 | 2,531,000 | |
West Lothian College 2 | 35,000 | 69,000 | 104,000 | |
Scotland | 12,395,000 | 8,634,000 | 21,029,000 | |
1 - Newbattle Abbey College and Sabhal Mòr Ostaig do not receive capital funding for lifecycle maintenance. |
2 - West Lothian College's capital funding is adjusted to reflect a loan repayment. | |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 February 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people with learning disabilities who are living in supported accommodation will receive the COVID-19 vaccination as part of priority group 6, and when this group will begin to be vaccinated.
Answer
We understand that many people with mild and moderate Learning/Intellectual disabilities will be eligible for priority group 6 due to underlying health conditions.
We believe our more straightforward approach of inviting everyone with a learning disability for vaccination during cohort 6 will bring peace of mind and add a small number of people to the current cohort who would have otherwise been offered vaccination later.
Priority group 6 is one of the largest on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) list. It will take several weeks to provide first doses to everyone and the speed with which we can offer first doses is dependent on our supplies.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the finance secretary had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in advance of setting the health expenditure in its 2021-22 Budget.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2021
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) did not attend and (b) cannot attend appointments for (i) cataract, (ii) glaucoma, (iii) age-related macular degeneration and (iv) other ophthalmology treatments have been recorded by each NHS board in each month since March 2019.
Answer
Data on Ophthalmology sub specialities are not held by the Scottish Government
The following table shows ophthalmology treatment could not attend (CNA) and did not attend (DNA) rates from 31 March 2019 to 30 September 2020.
NHS Board of treatment | Indicator | 31-03-2019 | 30-06-2019 | 30-09-2019 | 31-12-2019 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 | 30-09-2020 |
NHS Scotland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.8% | 6.9% | 6.4% | 6.5% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 4.9% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
NHS Scotland
(Excluding NHS Tayside) | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.1% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 8.9% | 8.1% | 5.3% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
Golden Jubilee
National Hospital | Could not attend (CNA) rate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 18.5% | 26.1% | 18.7% | 16.5% | 25.9% | 47.7% | 14.9% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
NHS Borders | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.6% | 3.9% | 4.2% | 8.0% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 3.2% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.1% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.1% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 4.8% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
NHS Fife | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.9% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2.7% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
NHS Forth Valley | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.4% | 8.5% | 7.5% | 5.9% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 4.3% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% |
NHS Grampian | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 3.9% | 4.2% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
NHS Greater
Glasgow & Clyde | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.2% | 6.8% | 10.3% | 2.7% | 5.0% |
Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% |
NHS Highland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 5.9% | 6.0% | 7.5% | 6.1% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
NHS Lanarkshire | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.4% | 8.5% | 6.5% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 4.1% | 4.3% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.9% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
NHS Lothian | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.8% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.6% | 8.5% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.2% |
NHS Orkney | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.8% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 11.1% | 1.1% | 10.0% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
NHS Shetland | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 7.2% | 0.0% | 9.8% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 2.9% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
NHS Tayside | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 2.1% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
NHS Western Isles | Could not attend (CNA) rate | 6.0% | 1.4% | 6.2% | 4.1% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 6.9% |
| | Did not attend (DNA) rate | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 0.0% |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time for (a) cataract, (b) glaucoma, (c) age-related macular degeneration and (d) other ophthalmology treatments has been in each month since March 2019, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not hold data on sub speciality of ophthalmology.
The following table shows TTG ophthalmology ongoing waits from 31 March 2019 to 30 September 2020, on a quarterly basis:
NHS Board of treatment | 31-03-2019 | 30-06-2019 | 30-09-2019 | 31-12-2019 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 | 30-09-2020 |
NHS Scotland | 2,084 | 2,432 | 3,017 | 3,089 | 2,901 | 1,2026 | 8,004 |
Golden Jubilee National Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NHS Ayrshire & Arran | 7 | 35 | 114 | 189 | 294 | 866 | 596 |
NHS Borders | 8 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 234 | 234 |
NHS Dumfries & Galloway | 45 | 66 | 95 | 71 | 44 | 492 | 231 |
NHS Fife | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 76 | 777 | 234 |
NHS Forth Valley | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 279 | 138 |
NHS Grampian | 441 | 258 | 309 | 334 | 360 | 1,461 | 1,418 |
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde | 629 | 1,052 | 1,201 | 1,044 | 653 | 2,884 | 2,047 |
NHS Highland | 325 | 243 | 308 | 258 | 297 | 814 | 426 |
NHS Lanarkshire | 179 | 181 | 263 | 469 | 497 | 1,587 | 1,309 |
NHS Lothian | 26 | 34 | 109 | 55 | 47 | 966 | 505 |
NHS Orkney | 25 | 21 | 6 | 37 | 61 | 11 | 2 |
NHS Shetland | 17 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 77 | 47 |
NHS Tayside | 373 | 466 | 591 | 605 | 554 | 1,520 | 809 |
NHS Western Isles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 |
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to monitor the prevalence of COVID-19 (a) in supermarkets and (b) among supermarket staff.
Answer
The Scottish Government participates in the Defra Food Resilience Forum where there has been regular reporting of the absence across the whole of the food and drink sector, including supermarkets. Information is also collected on outbreaks so we are able to identify whether there are issues at particular retail outlets or supermarkets. Scottish Government also engages in regular dialogue with retailers to ensure there is an overview of the impact of Covid-19 on the sector.
A range of management information including some information on likely exposure settings based on interviews conducted with people who have tested positive for Covid-19 is collected and by Public Health Scotland (PHS) and used by the Scottish Government. This information is available on the PHS dashboard ( ) and includes details of possible exposure within retail environments, such as supermarkets, and those who have been shopping.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the transmission rate of the COVID-19 variant, whether the number of people allowed in supermarkets at any one time will be reduced to allow for greater social distancing.
Answer
The Scottish Government continues to monitor the transmission of Covid-19, including in retail settings. In light of the transmission rate of the new variant of COVID-19 we have taken steps to strengthen our on the operation of retail settings.
Under Regulations, supermarkets must take all reasonable measures to ensure that a distance of two metres is maintained between any persons on the premises, with the exception of those within the same household or a carer assisting another person. They must also take all reasonable measures to ensure that it only admits people to its premises in sufficiently small numbers to make it possible to maintain that distance. This includes those queueing awaiting entry to the premises.
We are aware that a number of supermarkets already base their footfall on 3-metre distancing and have introduced additional protective measures such as the use of Perspex screens to protect staff and customers.
We will continue to work with sector leads to protect workers and customers in retail settings as we monitor the transmission risks associated with the new variant of the virus and, if appropriate, will amend the guidance and Regulations currently in place.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, how often deep cleaning should take place in supermarkets.
Answer
The Scottish Government recommend that to keep the workplace clean and prevent transmission, frequent, for example at least twice a day, cleaning and sanitising ( ) work areas and equipment between uses. Ensure regular detergent cleaning schedules and procedures are in place using a product which is active against bacteria and viruses. Regular cleaning schedules is also emphasised in the ensuring at least twice daily cleaning of commonly touched objects and surfaces. The also provides clear guidance on implementing effective cleaning and disinfection and advice on appropriate chemicals that can be used.
To determine the appropriate cleaning regime, The Health and Safety Executive suggests undertaking a to manage risk and decide how best to work safely and protect people during COVID-19.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
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Current Status:
Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, what measures it is taking to ensure that supermarkets are safe for staff and customers.
Answer
Scottish Government has produced detail which covers procedures for staff and customer safety. This guidance emphasises the need to assess risk for your business and has an operations checklist with actions for retailers, for example related to physical distancing, cleaning and staff support. By following this operational guide and checklist, this will ensure that retailers have made minimum provisions for the health and safety for their staff and customers.
Further detailed guidance in relation to food business operators can be found from . This guide can help food business in identifying and implementing measures needed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 across their operations. To accompany this guidance, Food Standards Scotland have developed a and which identifies the key areas that need to be addressed to provide a safe environment for staff and customers in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
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Current Status:
Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the prevalence of COVID-19 is among the Pakistani community, and how this compares with (a) other BAME groups and (b) the overall population.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to S5W-33876 on 11 January 2021. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at .
