Questions and answers

Question reference: S5W-04995

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the information provided on its website in relation to ministerial engagements not including details of means of travel, whether it will list the official engagements that (a) the First Minister and each (b) (i) cabinet secretary and (ii) minister has made since May 2016, broken down by means of travel.

Question reference: S5O-00473

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs are directly and indirectly linked to the pub sector.

Question reference: S5O-00442

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Disability Agenda Scotland, Equal? Still not, why not?.

I welcome the publication of Disability Agenda Scotland’s report which highlights the impact of UKG welfare cuts, barriers to employment, and the stigma and discrimination experienced by disabled people. Last week I published A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People which has five overarching aims to address these issues and achieve a transformational change for disabled people in Scotland.

The Scottish Government also continues to make representations to the UKG on the welfare cuts that negatively impact on people across Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-04907

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of short-term sick leave (under five working days) due to work related stress have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on Abellio ScotRail staff sick leave due to work related stress at that level of detail. At an organisational level, there were 68 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported to us in the first year of the Abellio ScotRail Franchise (1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016). For the current franchise year up to Period 7 (2016 -2017) there have been 29 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported.

Question reference: S5W-04910

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of long-term sick leave (over five working days) due to work related stress have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

The Scottish Government does not hold information on Abellio ScotRail staff sick leave due to work related stress at that level of detail. At an organisational level, there were 68 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported to us in the first year of the Abellio ScotRail Franchise (1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016). For the current franchise year up to Period 7 (2016 -2017) there have been 29 cases of sick leave due to work related stress reported.

Question reference: S5W-04908

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of short-term sick leave (under five working days) have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

Question reference: S5W-04909

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many incidences of long-term sick leave (over five working days) have been reported by Abellio ScotRail staff from 1 April 2015, broken down by month.

Question reference: S5W-03935

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the so-called golden train services that will be in operation following the implementation of the ScotRail improvement plan.

Question reference: S5W-04661

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a policy of automatic compensation for passengers experiencing delays on the ScotRail network.

The Scottish Government is committed to running a rail network that focuses on delivering good customer service and value for money to the public. As part of the recent franchise agreement, Transport Scotland secured a clear and straightforward Delay Repay process, currently in use, whereby passengers on Scotland’s railways can claim compensation in the event that their service is subject to any delay lasting over 30 minutes. As is normal in any long term service contract, through discussion with ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper we will investigate altering delay repay processes to refund affected passengers.

Question reference: S5W-04659

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with ScotRail about the (a) efficacy and (b) uptake of the delay repay compensation scheme.

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