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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: S4W-09506

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many cycles of IVF treatment are provided per million people and what information it has on how this compares to other countries in Europe.

Question reference: S4W-09576

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions legal action has been taken against the NHS as a result of errors made during IVF treatment and what the outcomes were, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-09574

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many IVF embryos have been (a) implanted, (b) stored and (c) disposed of in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-09551

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what reports it receives from Infertility Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-09573

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) names and (b) identification numbers are of all licensed IVF centres and how many visits inspectors of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have made to each centre since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-09567

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) target and (b) actual time is for the commencement of IVF treatment from the date of referral by a GP.

Question reference: S4W-09584

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether comparative studies are being undertaken into waiting times for IVF treatment in Scotland and (a) primary care trusts in England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.

Question reference: S4W-09581

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have applied for IVF treatment in the last 12 months, broken down by hospital.

Question reference: S4W-09565

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) couples and (b) individuals have received publicly funded (i) IVF and (ii) intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) fertility treatment in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S4W-09580

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when funding will be available to provide the full cycles of IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and when frozen embryo transfer treatment will be made available.