Elliott Phillips MP Questions for December Parliament Session

Elliott Phillips MP  Questions for December Parliament Session

Parliament is scheduled to meet on Wednesday 21st December 2022 @ 3.00pm

1. Further to Q282/2022 the Minister confirmed to me in writing that £1,483,238.47 of the total mental health budget was attributed to Counselling/Psychologists and Psychiatrists.  Can the Minister now confirm how the balance of the £5.7 Million Mental Health Budget (less the £1.48M odd) is spent?
2. Can the Minister for Health confirm how many people are now required to pay for their own prescriptions in light of the change in prescription policy at the GHA?
3. Can the Minister for Health confirm how many people have waited over 3 months in 2022 for radiological scans namely; (i) x-rays; (ii) ultrasound; (iii) CT and (iv) MRI?
4. Can the Government state when it intends to erect a memorial to those that were lost to Covid 19?
5. Further to question 461/2022 can the Government state how much money it will place at the disposal of the Ministry of Transport in order to deploy its cycling strategy?
6. Further to question 461/2022 can the Government state how much the strategic document for mobility cost to commission?
7. Further to question 463/2022 can the Government state how many representations were received and by what group, organisation, or agency?
8. Can the Government state how many people registered with the GHA and normally resident in Gibraltar are receiving treatment for cancer locally or with tertiary providers abroad broken down to cancer type?
9. Can the Government state how many people registered with the GHA and normally resident in Gibraltar are receiving treatment for (i) heart disease or (ii) respiratory disease local or with tertiary providers broken down, in respect to heart disease,  to acquired or congenital heart disease or in respect of respiratory disease type.
10. Can the Government state what progress it has made to recover the sums expended on defective or otherwise faulty PPE in respect to Gibraltar’s Covid-19 response?
11. Can the Government state why it has paid over £129,440 to Benzaquen Associates over 8 months in 2022 with no Public Health Bill appearing before this House?
12. Can the Government state why the Government is paying the Rt Hon Alexander Downer £3,000 a month in respect of legal fees?
13. Can the Government state what legal services were being provided by the law firm Hassans, for the Government to pay the same £3.09 Million odd in legal fees over the last three years so far?
    Can the Government state what legal services were being provided by the law firm Isolas, for the Government to pay the same £2.87 Million odd in legal fees over the last three years so far?
    In 11 months in 2021 11,900 children aged 16 and under were seen by GPs at the PCC does the Government have the statistic for 2022 so far?
14. Can the Government state the number of complaints received in respect of verbal of threatened physical abuse occasioned by members of the public towards GHA staff in 2022 so far?
    Can the Government state how many complaints it or the Environmental Agency has received in respect of dust emissions?
15. Can the Government state what action the Government or the Environmental Agency has done in respect to breach of the Environment (Control of Dust) Regulations 2010 by individuals or companies?
16. Can the Government explain why an Ambulance caught fire in late November 2022?
17. Can the Government state when the promised new Ambulances will arrive in Gibraltar?