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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 MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S6W-26393

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024

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Question reference: S6W-26399

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024

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Question reference: S6W-26400

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024

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Question reference: S6W-26390

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024

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Question reference: S6O-01999

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the UK Government regarding support available through future budgets to support agriculture in Scotland, including the replacement of EU agricultural funding.

Question reference: S6W-14811

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 8 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many baby boxes have been distributed in (a) Dundee and (b) the NHS Tayside area, in each year since the initiative was launched.

Registration opened on 15 June 2017, and delivery of Baby Boxes nationwide began on 15 August 2017 for all babies born and resident in Scotland.

We are unable to give the number of Baby Boxes delivered in the Dundee local authority area as we only record numbers of Baby Boxes distributed by Health Board area. We can provide the number of boxes delivered in Tayside Health Board.

The total number issued in NHS Tayside up to 3 February 2023 is 17,735 Baby Boxes.

The total breakdown is provided below:

2017(15 August – 31 December)	1,587 Baby Boxes
2018	3,448 Baby Boxes
2019	3,461 Baby Boxes
2020	2,998 Baby Boxes
2021	2,941 Baby Boxes
2022	2,927 Baby Boxes
2023 (up to Friday 3 rd February)	373 Baby Boxes

Question reference: S6O-01993

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, to the Windsor Framework.

Question reference: S6O-01853

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its action to recruit more foster carers.

Question reference: S6O-01783

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any investment arising from the Tay Cities Deal.

Question reference: S6W-13743

Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made by the Independent Oversight and Assurance Group on Tayside’s Mental Health Services on ensuring that partners across Tayside are making improvements to the delivery of mental health services, and that progress has been made on responding to the findings and recommendations in the report, Trust and Respect, published in February 2020.

The Final Report from the Oversight Group has been published today on the Scottish Government website: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781805254362

Overall, the report is positive. It highlights where progress has clearly been made but also states a number of areas where further work is required.

The Scottish Government will continue to support sustainable change and improvements in Tayside, to ensure the safe and effective delivery of mental health services. We will work with partners in Tayside to ensure a detailed improvement plan is in place, with clear milestones and deliverables which progress the key areas for action detailed within the Oversight Group’s Final Report.

We will measure progress against agreed key deliverables in this plan, working closely with NHS Tayside, Local Authorities, Integration Joint Boards, the Chief Officer for Mental Health and other Chief Officers in Tayside. These arrangements will inform whether NHS Tayside can be deescalated from Level 3 to Level 2 for Mental Health Services in the future.

The Scottish Government will provide additional support to colleagues across Tayside, including access to advice and support from Professional Advisors and Senior Officials in the Mental Health Directorate to support progress.

I would like to thank the Oversight Group for the meticulous approach to this work. I have particularly welcomed the wide engagement the Chair and Members have had with staff and people with experience of using mental health services across Tayside, which has been a critical aspect in the successful delivery of this very challenging, but extremely important, programme of work.

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