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Question reference: S6W-09147

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the reported £40 million it invested in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to improve services and reduce waiting times has been (a) allocated and (b) spent.

The investment of around £40 million to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in 2021-22, through the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Recovery and Renewal Fund, was calculated and allocated to NHS Boards using the agreed National Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula. It is NHS Boards’ responsibility to ensure funding is used locally in a way that will best deliver required outcomes. Mental Health is a priority for operational planning and recovery, as such, CAMHS is a priority in the NHS Recovery Plan . Funding was split into two phases – Phase 1 was allocated as full-year effect to NHS Boards in May 2021, and Phase 2 was allocated as part-year effect to NHS Boards in September 2021. The funding was allocated as follows:

CAMHS Phase 1	Full-year effect allocation 2021-22 (£m)
CAMHS Service Specification	16.4
CAMHS up to age 25	8.5
CAMHS backlog	4.25
Total	29.15

CAMHS Phase 2

Part-year

CAMHS Phase 1	Full-year effect allocation 2021-22 (£m)
CAMHS Service Specification	16.4
CAMHS up to age 25	8.5
CAMHS backlog	4.25
Total	29.15

effect allocation 2021-22 (£m)

CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Standards and Specification

3.06

CAMHS Intensive Psychiatric Care Units (IPCU)

1.65

Intensive Home Treatment Teams

2.0

Learning Disabilities, Forensic and Secure CAMHS

0.7

Out of Hours unscheduled care

1.17

CAMHS Liaison Teams

1.75

Data gathering, research and evaluation

0.5

Total

10.83

Expenditure by NHS Scotland on mental health in Scotland is reported through the Scottish Health Services Costs book published by Public Health Scotland. NHS Board spend in 2021-22 is scheduled to be published later in this financial year. The Scottish Government continues to monitor delivery through regular engagement with NHS Boards.

Question reference: S6O-01301

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the rural affairs secretary last met with Crown Estate Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-01248

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2022

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

Question reference: S6W-08799

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07966 by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022, how much of £12 million made available in 2021-22 to support the mental health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce has been spent, broken down by where it has been allocated.

From the £12 million we made available to support the wellbeing of the health, social work and social care workforce in 2021-22, we:

Used £3.5 million to assist in the continuation of our national wellbeing resources
Allocated £2 million to Health and Social Care Partnerships to provide evidence-based support to meet the needs of those working in primary and social care
Allocated £2 million to Health and Social Care Partnerships to be used by Chief Officers of Integration Authorities (IA's) to support staff wellbeing during the winter pressures
Allocated £2 million to Health Boards to support NHS staff wellbeing during the winter pressures
Allocated £1.5 million to Health Boards to provide additional practical support that staff needed due to increased pressure from the Omicron variant
Made £1 million available to support wellbeing projects for staff working in Adult Social Work and Social Care

Question reference: S6O-01238

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has now published all the legal advice it has received in relation to a second independence referendum.

Question reference: S6W-08315

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all the information that it holds on the market value testing of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind sales process, which launched in June 2020 with the pre-defined option fee levels of £2,000/km2, £6,000/km2 or £10,000km2.

Crown Estate Scotland have not sold seabed through the ScotWind leasing process. Option Agreements and ultimately leases to use areas of the seabed for offshore wind energy generation have been provided, raising around £700 million in initial fees and potentially many millions more in rent, once these projects are operational. If projects do not proceed to full lease, the option agreements expire. Furthermore, through the Supply Chain Development Statements, ScotWind developers will invest an average of £1.5 billion in Scotland for each project – across the 17 different sites, that could lead to more than £25 billion of investment.

As per S6W-08314 on 7 June 2022, Crown Estate Scotland conducted market testing and evidence gathering to inform option fee levels and this is not information held by Scottish Government. Following the announcement of The Crown Estate’s Round 4 results and a very clear change in the market, Crown Estate Scotland paused and reviewed the ScotWind option fee levels accordingly.

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Question reference: S6W-08314

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ScotWind Offshore Wind Leasing: Advisory Note, produced for it by the University of Strathclyde Centre for Energy Policy, in April 2020, other than the three pre-defined option fee levels, what, if any, other levels of option fees were considered at that time, and whether it will provide a copy of any information that it (a) holds and (b) published at that time in relation to the recommendation in the Advisory Note “that all levels be fully justified and explained, with consideration and clarity given on why there are no higher increments”.

The Scottish Government did not set the ScotWind seabed lease Option Agreement fees. The advisory note prepared for the Scottish Government recommends that any new, higher, levels be appropriately justified. Crown Estate Scotland (“CES”) proceeded to satisfy those requirements through, in this case, appropriate consideration of externally procured advice. CES explained to SG the rationale for the pricing structure adopted. No further information is held relating to that recommendation.

Question reference: S6W-08318

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the decision to review the option structure for the ScotWind leasing process, as announced by Crown Estate Scotland on 11 February 2021, which states that “the decision has been taken with the support of Scottish Government Ministers”, whether it will provide details of its role (a) in initiating the review and (b) during the review that followed.

Crown Estate Scotland (CES) and the Scottish Government were informed of The Crown Estate’s Round 4 results at the same time. These results indicated a significant change in the offshore wind market. As the ScotWind registration and application process had already opened, CES informed Scottish Ministers that it intended to pause the process in order to conduct a rapid review. The Scottish Government provided advice on process and implications for broader offshore wind policies in Scotland. During the review, Scottish Government were kept regularly informed of the review’s progress through to completion as delivery of the review as swiftly as possible was key to keeping the ScotWind process on track.

Question reference: S6W-08313

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the reasons for Crown Estate Scotland’s position, as stated in the ScotWind Pre-Launch Summary, published in July 2019, that it was “currently minded” that applicants should not pay more than £10,000 per km2 of seabed.

Crown Estate Scotland is responsible for the ScotWind seabed leasing process, including setting Option Agreement fees and rent prices. Crown Estate Scotland informed Scottish Government of its pricing structure based on its own evidence gathering and information available at the time. Once projects are under seabed leases and wind farms are generating energy, rental payments are annual – these are separate from the Option Agreement payments.

Question reference: S6W-08310

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 20 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can request the consent of Crown Estate Scotland (CES) to disclose the two reports commissioned by and received from CES that discuss the net present value analysis and/or any other value for money analysis of the ScotWind auction, as referred to in the response to freedom of information request FOI/202200277291 of 14 April 2022.

As per the FOI (FOI/202200277291) referred to in the question, CES have already been asked about disclosure of the document and at that time did not consent to it due to the ScotWind clearing process still being underway. Publications of those documents at this time may, unduly, influence the application process. Once the process of granting option agreements is over, CES’s assessment of what can and cannot be released may change .

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