Household water and sewerage charges are based on Council Tax Bands.

Non-domestic water and sewerage charges are based on meter readings where meters are installed. Unmeasured charges, such as drainage, are based on Rateable Values. From 1 April 2018, the Rateable Value as shown in the current Valuation Roll, will be used.

The water industry is not responsible for determining Council Tax bands or Rateable Values. The Scottish Government does not therefore collect information about water rates appeals.

The median and 90th percentile waits for inpatients and day cases in a surgical specialty at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow in the quarter ending 31 December 2017 was 79 days and 212 days respectively.

I have made £50 million available to NHSScotland - with £11.2 million being made available to Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The Board have made available around £770,000 of this funding to address long waits for paediatric surgical specialties such as ENT, general surgery, paediatric plastic surgery. The Board have indicated that they expect to see significant improvement in paediatric waiting times by the summer of this year. Officials continue to meet with the Board regularly to support improvement in waiting time performance.

The number of children waiting for inpatient and day case treatment in a surgical speciality at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow on 31 December 2017 was 2,830.

I have made £50 million available to NHSScotland - with £11.2 million being made available to Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The Board have made available around £770,000 of this funding to address waiting times and waiting lists for paediatric surgical specialties such as ENT, general surgery and paediatric plastic surgery. The Boards have advised that the plan they have put in place should show significant improvements in the waits for paediatric surgical specialties by this summer.

The UK benefits from a diverse supply of gas where the market is able to deliver gas in excess of the maximum demand. Gas storage provides around 10% of this demand over the winter period, October to March. The responsibility for ensuring there is enough gas lies with the gas supply market to meet its customer needs.

Network Rail has advised that the transition process is underway for Carillion’s rail projects in Scotland and is expected to conclude in the forthcoming weeks. As part of this process, Network Rail has advised that the IEP Gauging Project, is now being delivered by Story Rail.

Network Rail has also advised that under the Joint Venture arrangements in place between Carillion Power Lines and SPL Power Lines, Carillion employees are in the process of moving from Carillion Power Lines to SPL Power Lines, with no impact on the delivery of the project.

Scottish Government does not hold information concerning the terms of employment used by Network Rail’s Contractors or their sub-contractors noting that Network Rail is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Government.

The volume of gas required to meet consumers demands is a reserved matter and one which the Scottish Government has no formal functions. The responsibility for ensuring consumers demands are met is carried out by National Grid and the gas distribution network operator in Scotland under their Transportation Licence obligations.

The following link to SGN’s Long Term Development Statement provides information on the forecast annual and peak day demand for Scotland over the next 10 years from 2016-17.

https://sgn.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Marketing/Pages/Publications/Docs-Long-Term-Development-Statements/SGN-LTDS-2017.pdf

The Scottish Government works closely with National Grid – as well as with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Ofgem and Scotland’s gas distribution network operator – to ensure that the supplies of gas to Scottish consumers remain resilient, and that Scottish circumstances and priorities are taken fully into account.

The volume of gas required to meet consumers demands is a reserved matter and one which the Scottish Government has no formal functions. The responsibility for ensuring consumers demands are met is carried out by National Grid and the gas distribution network operator in Scotland under their Transportation Licence obligations.

The following link to SGN’s Long Term Development Statement provides information on the forecast annual and peak day demand for Scotland over the next 10 years from 2016-17.

https://sgn.co.uk/uploadedFiles/Marketing/Pages/Publications/Docs-Long-Term-Development-Statements/SGN-LTDS-2017.pdf

The Scottish Government works closely with National Grid – as well as with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Ofgem and Scotland’s gas distribution network operator – to ensure that the supplies of gas to Scottish consumers remain resilient, and that Scottish circumstances and priorities are taken fully into account.

Security of gas supply is a reserved matter and one in which the Scottish Government has no formal functions. The UK gas system is subject to regular assessments of security of supply through National Grid’s twice-yearly ‘Outlook’ publications, the biennial European gas risk assessment and other ad-hoc assessments.

The following link to a report published in October 2017 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy provides a strategic assessment of Great Britain’s gas security of supply.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651297/gas-security-supply-assessment.pdf

The Scottish Government works closely with National Grid – as well as with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Ofgem and Scotland’s gas distribution network operator – to ensure that the supplies of gas to Scottish consumers remain resilient, and that Scottish circumstances and priorities are taken fully into account.