Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to create a delivery plan for the announced £100 million towards culture in Scotland, including (a) when the funding will be delivered to cultural organisations and (b) how it will be decided where the funding is allocated.
Answered by Robertson, Angus - Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
The Scottish Government is increasing funding to the culture sector by £15.8m this financial year to £196.6m. This is the first step on the route to investing at least £100m more annually in culture and the arts by the financial year 2028-29. In 2025-2026 we aim to provide an additional £25m to the culture sector.
I appreciate the need for clarity within the culture sector regarding the £100m and I hope to set out the trajectory of spend for the remainder of this Parliament in due course.
In line with normal budgetary procedure the Scottish Government will publish a draft budget for 2025-26 later this year.
Mar. 13 2008
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Found: and arts, culture, heritage, and histo ric environment communities.
Jul. 09 2024
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Sep. 18 2024
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Mar. 19 2008
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Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by NHS England entitled Improving the blood culture pathway, published on 29 June 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the implementation of the recommendations of that report in NHS hospitals.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Improving the blood culture pathway report was published in June 2022, and updated in March 2023. NHS England has been engaging with partner organisations, including integrated care boards, National Health Service regions, patients, industry, academia, regulators, and charities, to drive blood culture improvement and deliver the ambitions within the report, which is available at the following link:
A national audit has been instigated to assess current practice against guidelines for best practice. An analysis of data from the audit is underway, and will inform an assessment of the implementation of the recommendations in the report. The Department will continue to work with NHS England to review what further action needs to be taken.
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by NHS England entitled Improving the blood culture pathway, published on 29 June 2022, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the framework set out in that report.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Improving the blood culture pathway report was published in June 2022, and updated in March 2023. NHS England has been engaging with partner organisations, including integrated care boards, National Health Service regions, patients, industry, academia, regulators, and charities, to drive blood culture improvement and deliver the ambitions within the report, which is available at the following link:
A national audit has been instigated to assess current practice against guidelines for best practice. An analysis of data from the audit is underway, and will inform an assessment of the implementation of the recommendations in the report. The Department will continue to work with NHS England to review what further action needs to be taken.
Jul. 09 2024
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Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) I speak as both the cabinet secretary for culture and the MSP for Edinburgh Central, so I am sure that - Speech Link
2: Rowley, Alex (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) The sector reference group should include representatives of all the creative industry trade unions to - Speech Link
3: Tweed, Evelyn (SNP - Stirling) Some of those connections might be a result of Scotland’s role in the transatlantic trade of enslaved - Speech Link
4: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) with the UK Government, which is cutting the budget of the department that is responsible for culture - Speech Link