Mentions:
1: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) improvements and better public transport for communities that live along the route? - Speech Link
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) therefore, it will no doubt be for my successor to give an update on that matter.However, when it comes to transport - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) We will continue to look closely at what further improvements can be made.Road safety is absolutely imperative - Speech Link
2: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) , the implications of that decision for child safety, and the wider potential impact on the local bus - Speech Link
Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the adequacy of non-emergency kidney patient transport service provision for patients travelling to and from in-centre dialysis appointments across each NHS board, and when it made any such assessment.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Scottish Government’s role is to set the strategic policy for the NHS in Scotland, NHS Boards are responsible for service delivery and treatment. All Health Boards should consider patient transport needs when they plan and deliver services and must ensure Patients have access to all information on any relevant patient transport (including community transport) and travel reimbursement entitlement.
Individual Boards are responsible for developing and applying their own policies, including determining eligibility and reimbursement rates, whilst ensuring patient care and safety.
A requirement has been placed within the NHS Territorial Boards annual delivery guidance to bring attention to the requirement for the Boards to consider transport to health for patients and ensure patients have access to information.
Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the average time that kidney patients wait for non-emergency patient transport services to and from in-centre dialysis appointments.
Answered by Minto, Jenni - Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
The Scottish Government’s role is to set the strategic policy for the NHS in Scotland, NHS Boards are responsible for service delivery and treatment. All Health Boards should consider patient transport needs when they plan and deliver services and must ensure Patients have access to all information on any relevant patient transport (including community transport) and travel reimbursement entitlement.
Individual Boards are responsible for developing and applying their own policies, including determining eligibility and reimbursement rates, whilst ensuring patient care and safety.
A requirement has been placed within the NHS Territorial Boards annual delivery guidance to bring attention to the requirement for the Boards to consider transport to health for patients and ensure patients have access to information.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the aid budget of preparations to transport migrants to Rwanda including costs (a) paid to the Rwandan Government, (b) defending legal challenges (c) passing the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and (d) for flights and accommodation in the last 12 months.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The funding for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda is separate from, and additional to, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.
The most recently published information, which includes costs paid to the Rwandan government and legal fees, is the National Audit Office Report which can be found here: UK-Rwanda Partnership - NAO report.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11269 on Electric Scooters: Hire Services, whether he plans to announce a decision on extending e-scooter rental trials before the Summer recess.
Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
E-scooter trials have been extended to 31 May 2026. Extending the trials beyond May 2024 will enable us to build on current learning across areas including usage, safety, and environmental impacts, and to explore changing travel patterns since the coronavirus pandemic and as e-scooters become more embedded in public life.
May. 01 2024
Source Page: Biodiversity net gainFound: Development related to the high speed railway transport network.
Found: Medicines pricing 9 Regulatory delays 10 1.2 The impact of medicines shortages 12 Reduced patient safety
May. 01 2024
Source Page: UK calls for accelerated action to protect global biodiversityFound: of 6th December 2023 and other relevant G7 Statements as well as the Declaration issued by the G7 Transport
Correspondence May. 01 2024
Committee: Transport Committee (Department: Department for Transport)Found: the Improvement Notice we served on Network Rail relating to overcrowding issues and the health and safety