- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what provision it has made in the Draft Budget for anyÌýfinancial redress relating to pre-1964 cases of in-care abuse.
Answer
I committed to consultation and engagement on financial redress for in-care survivors, which includes those whose abuse occurred before 1964. The survivor consultation, run by the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) in partnership with the SHRC InterAction Action Plan Review Group, closed on 17 November 2017. The responses are being analysed and the Review Group will be preparing a paper on financial redress for Ministerial decision. Consequently, there is no provision in the Draft Budget for 2018-19.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2018
To ask the First Minister when the Children's Ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital will close.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2018
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the cause wasÌýof the train fault that resulted inÌýdisruption to servicesÌýat Glasgow Central station on the morning of 11 December 2017, and which unit was affected.
Answer
Whilst approaching Glasgow Central station at Bridge Street junction just before 07:00 a four car class 380 electric train [380111] which was not in passenger service experienced a main power supply issue reported on an internal advisory screen. The driver interrogated the fault by following the agreed procedures but was unable to rectify the problem and despite also seeking external technical advice the train was declared a failure at 07:20. A rescue train was successfully attached and both of them proceeded to Glasgow Central arriving at 07:50.
Despite the train being moved within an hour due to the critical area of where the breakdown occurred and the interaction between the various lines in and out of the station the disruption which followed was significant with a backlog of trains trying to access and depart the High Level station from various routes. Unfortunately this impact lasted until lunchtime although a robust contingency plan was put in place to deal with the impact of the train breakdown and communication to passengers was sent through the normal media channels.
ASR held an full incident analysis on 19 December and are fully engaged with the train manufacturer Siemens to understand the cause of the failure and develop mitigating measures to try and ensure it does not re-occur.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what type of rolling stock is usedÌýon rail services on the (a) Ayrshire Coast, (b) Inverclyde and (c) Paisley Canal line.
Answer
The modern class 380 electric fleet (3 and 4 cars) provides the vast majority of services across these three routes and are supported by class 314 and class 318 trains. Diagramming a mixture of the trains across the routes helps deliver a more efficient operation as well as enable drivers and staff to maintain different traction and route knowledge.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the introduction of the class 385 trains on the Edinburgh-Glasgow via Falkirk line.
Answer
Two class 385 trains have just concluded the required testing on the newly electrified Edinburgh-Glasgow via Falkirk route and the data from these dynamic tests will be part of a raft of documents which is submitted early in 2018 to gain approval from the ORR to operate the new fleet in passenger service. Two more class 385s are now in Scotland to help support the on-going driver training and staff familiarisation programme ahead of gradual service introduction of the new longer, faster, greener fleet in the coming months.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government fromÌýwhich routes the class 380 trains that have been recently introducedÌýon the Edinburgh-Glasgow via Falkirk lineÌýhave been drawn, andÌýhowÌýScotRail is managing the redeployment.
Answer
The four class Class 380 trains which are now providing 9,500 extra seats per day have been used since December 2016 to support ScotRail staff training programme which is required to support the switch in fleet provision on the newly electrified Edinburgh-Glasgow via Falkirk route. These trains have been drawn from adjustments to maintenance programmes and from Ayrshire/ Inverclyde services which in turn were replaced by existing electric trains and additional class 320/4 trains which have been operating since late 2016 across the Strathclyde network.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how manyÌý rough sleepers there are in each local authority area.
Answer
The Scottish Government collects information from local authorities on the number of homelessness applicants who have slept rough a) the night before; and b) in the three months previous to their application.
This information is provided by local authority area in the following table:
Homelessness applications where the applicant slept rough:
Ìý
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At least once during the last 3 months
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The night before
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Scotland
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2,620
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1,500
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Aberdeen City
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120
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70
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Aberdeenshire
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105
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40
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Angus
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50
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25
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Argyll & Bute
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45
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20
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Clackmannanshire
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25
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10
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Dumfries & Galloway
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105
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50
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Dundee City
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185
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105
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East Ayrshire
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75
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40
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East Dunbartonshire
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20
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10
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East Lothian
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25
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15
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East Renfrewshire
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30
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15
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Edinburgh, City of
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235
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115
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Eilean Siar
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15
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10
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Falkirk
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10
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5
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Fife
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230
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220
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Glasgow City
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425
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400
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Highland
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125
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70
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Inverclyde
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30
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20
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Midlothian
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50
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35
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Moray
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80
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35
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North Ayrshire
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35
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30
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North Lanarkshire
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90
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5
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Orkney
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10
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5
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Perth & Kinross
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40
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25
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Renfrewshire
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65
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25
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Scottish Borders
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35
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10
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Shetland
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5
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5
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South Ayrshire
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30
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0
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South Lanarkshire
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120
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15
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Stirling
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35
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20
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West Dunbartonshire
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105
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50
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West Lothian
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65
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0
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Source: HL1 dataset at 23 May 2017
Note: All figures are rounded to 5 for disclosure purposes
This information is published in the Annual Homelessness in Scotland 2016-17 publication and is available at this link:
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what impact low emission zones will have on people on low incomes.
Answer
The Scottish Government has committed to work in partnership with local authorities to introduce low emission zones into Scotland's four biggest cities between 2018 and 2020. Part of the preparations for introducing these LEZs will be to understand how they will effect each City’s wider group of citizens. We anticipate that local councils will carry out a Equalities Impact Assessment as part of the process of designing their low emission zones, particularly in relation to communities who rely on public transport to move around.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether classroom assistants will be regulated byÌýtheÌýproposed Education Workforce Council for Scotland.
Answer
The consultation asks a number of questions with regards to the establishment of the Education Workforce Council including question 21 that specifically seeks views on what education professionals and practitioners should be subject to mandatory registration. A list of proposed practitioners is provided within the consultation paper which includes classroom assistants and additional support for learning support workers.
Given the opportunity which the Education Bill provides we wish to consider the scope of the Education Workforce Council as broadly as possible and carefully consider the consultation responses on this issue as the policy position is finalised.
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
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Current Status:
Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whatÌýminuteÌýor informal noteÌýwas taken at the meeting between the Minister for Transport and the Islands and the Confederation of Passenger Transport at Trump Turnberry in November 2017, and whether it will publish this.
Answer
The Minister for Transport and the Islands gave the keynote speech at the annual Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) Conference, which took place at Trump Turnberry in November. He did not have a meeting with CPT on that occasion.