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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4O-01038

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether licensing laws include provisions to ensure that the licensee is a fit and proper person.

Applications for licences under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 are subject to a “fit and proper test”.

Applications for alcohol licences are considered by the licensing board. The police can make representations to the board about relevant criminal offences for personal licence applicants and can also raise concerns about premises licence applications. The board have wide latitude to refuse premises licence applications under any of the licensing objectives.

There are a variety of other different licensing schemes, each governed by their own arrangements.

Question reference: S4O-01003

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it promotes better transport links to public facilities.

Question reference: S4O-00925

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what support the Student Awards Agency for Scotland offers to formerly looked-after young people entering a higher education course with a further education qualification that does not admit them into the second year.

Question reference: S4O-00862

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the withdrawal of attendance allowance for residents in care homes in Scotland who are supported by free personal and nursing care contributions.

Question reference: S4W-05554

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 2 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have Dupuytren’s contracture and how many are awaiting an operation for this.

Question reference: S4W-05553

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the drug, Xiapex, for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture is available to the NHS.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) appraised collagenase clostridium histolyticum injection (Xiapex®) for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture in adult patients with a palpable cord and published “not recommended” advice in August 2011.

NHS boards and clinicians are expected to take full account of advice from the Scottish Medicines Consortium. Where the SMC does not accept a new medicine, NHS boards are not expected to make it routinely available. However, NHS boards have arrangements in place for the clinical consideration of SMC “not recommended” medicines for individual patients in certain circumstances (individual patient treatment requests).

Question reference: S4O-00675

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4O-00577

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available to people from Scotland who have volunteered to help at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Support for London 2012 volunteers is the responsibility of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS), are working to ensure that volunteers from Scotland have a guaranteed and minimal cost opportunity for accommodation whilst volunteering in London. The Games Makers will be entitled to travel on public transport in London and the co-Host Cities of the Football competition, including Glasgow, for free. A detailed training programme has been designed for all Games Maker volunteers and special arrangements have been made to involve teams of young people under 18 years of age, and volunteers who require additional support.

Question reference: S4O-00331

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason a disabled student in receipt of Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance has to undertake a further assessment for the Disabled Student Allowance from the Students Awards Agency Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-03526

Asked by: Fiona McLeod, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average cost is for a needs' assessment for a Disabled Student Allowance applicant.