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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-00641

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4O-00540

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions are available to deal with social landlords that do not adhere to the Scottish Housing Regulator's Performance Standard AS2.4 on adaptations.

Question reference: S4O-00456

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision there is in the Scotrail franchise agreement that ensures consultation with the public on proposed timetabling changes.

Question reference: S4W-04061

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what protocols there are to ensure that social landlords carry out disability adaptations to rented accommodation timeously.

Question reference: S4O-00418

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that disabled people are treated fairly and equitably across the country.

Many people with disabilities across Scotland benefit every day from services provided under our community care, health and housing policies.

To ensure consistent services, community care services are regulated by the Care Inspectorate against Care Standards set by Scottish ministers and, in health, Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s purpose is to support healthcare providers in Scotland to deliver high quality, evidence-based, safe, effective and person-centred care.

Question reference: S4W-02442

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on publicising the importance of Vitamin D in promoting good health.

Given the wide distribution of the vitamin D leaflets and the CMO’s letter to health professionals in July of this year, referred to in my response to question S4W-01661 on 19 August 2011, we do not have any immediate plans to fund further publicity.

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Question reference: S4W-02441

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-01661 by Michael Matheson on 19 August 2011, what further action it will take to ensure that (a) the public is aware of the importance of Vitamin D and (b) that GP’s are made aware of how to prevent Vitamin D deficiency.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-02442 on 26 September 2011. We do not have any immediate plans for further publicity.

Health Scotland looks at the effectiveness of all early years resources, including the maternal and infant nutrition resources, with an overarching early years publication steering group. This group comprises the range of professionals using our resources and feedback is routinely received on use and effectiveness. As the majority of the maternal and infant nutrition resources are new or in development, specific follow-up with a wider range of professionals is planned as part of the evaluation of this programme of work once all required resources are published.

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

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Question reference: S4O-00183

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures continuous improvements in the level of support for terminally ill patients.

The Scottish Government remains committed to ensuring that the NHS in Scotland has a cohesive approach to palliative and end of life care. Our aim is to ensure that this care will be provided for anyone who requires it, regardless of diagnosis to ensure quality of life for patients, their carers and their families. The Scottish Government has published both Living and Dying Well and Living and Dying Well Building on Progress to provide guidance to NHS boards and their third sector partners to ensure the continued improvement of palliative care services in Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-00237

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether, in order to promote cycling, it facilitates loans for MSP staff wishing to purchase bicycles, which are deducted from their salaries.

Question reference: S4W-02443

Asked by: Helen Eadie, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 September 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that walking routes to schools are safe and away from roads with the national speed limit.

It is up to individual local authorities to determine where safe routes are and to work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver those routes.

The Scottish Government is providing funding to all Scottish local authorities to implement safe routes, including to schools, through the Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets grant as part of the local government settlement. The Scottish Government also makes grant funding available through Sustrans where local authorities are able to submit bids for matched funding to build more safe routes to schools.