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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: S5W-28442

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2020
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-27952 by Jeane Freeman on 15 April 2020, when sampling of COVID-19 started.

Health Protection Scotland are conducting surveillance swab testing in the community for individuals with mild to moderate symptoms. Testing commenced on 27 April and results are available a week later by HPS report for internal planning and surveillance purposes. Details of this can be found at: https://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/a-to-z-of-topics/enhanced-
surveillance-of-coronavirus-covid-19/ .

A pilot project for the current community surveillance ran for two weeks (weeks beginning 13 th April and 20 th April) before the surveillance testing was rolled out across Scotland from 27 th April. This pilot ran in NHS Fife only in order to ensure the process was efficient prior to wider use.

Question reference: S5W-30509

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30018 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020, and notwithstanding that it is not required to formally or informally indicate a view on whether or not it was content with the publication of the decision paper, whether it did so nonetheless.

Question reference: S5W-30511

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30026 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020 , whether ministerial objectives for the current period of investment were intended to provide for meeting the economic costs of providing the service during this period.

Question reference: S5W-30512

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether any independent appraisal of the processes of the Strategic Review of Charges 2021 to 2027, conducted by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, is being undertaken.

In 2018 the Scottish Government participated in the OECD pilot project to identify best practice for each of the OECD Water Governance Principles, and to develop water governance indicators to assess progress. The results of this project were published in “Implementing the OECD Principles on Water Governance: Indicator Framework and Evolving Practices”. The Pilot project highlighted the Scottish framework as an exemplar of good practice and identified a small number of areas of improvement to further strengthen Scotland’s water governance.

Question reference: S5W-30508

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30032 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020, what the key meetings referred to are and whose minutes have been published.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-30032 on 2 July 2020. Key papers and minutes are available on the Commission’s website at https://www.watercommission.co.uk/view_Publications_Main.aspx .

All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

Question reference: S5W-30510

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 July 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30017 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020, how much of the £730 million was to be financed by government borrowing.

Question reference: S5W-30024

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, whether it is aware of the documentary source of the references made to the work of JASPERS and UKWIR, and whether it will publish any such documentary sources.

Question reference: S5W-30019

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, whether a media release for this was issued and, if so, which media outlets in Scotland it was sent to.

Question reference: S5W-30038

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, who the stakeholders are that Scottish Water has to satisfy and reassure that it is performing well and in line with ethical business practice.

Question reference: S5W-30029

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 July 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the 2020 decision paper, Prospects for Prices, by the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, whether the Just Transitions Commission was consulted on the possible charge increases envisaged and, if so, when.