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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-30772

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many revised versions of the (a) Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15 report and (b) accompanying charts and tables were produced after publication at 9.30am on 9 March 2016, and how these revisions were communicated to (i) the Parliament and (ii) other stakeholders.

A revised version of the Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland report was produced following publication on 9 March 2016, after minor errors were discovered. Changes were put through in the online text and accompanying spreadsheets and a new PDF was also produced and made available as soon as possible. In line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, notes were added to highlight the changes to users, making clear that none of the headline figures or results for Scotland in the report were affected by the changes.

Question reference: S4W-30773

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the reason was for the revisions made to the Government Expenditure & Revenue Scotland 2014-15 report subsequent to publication and what change was made to Scotland’s Net Fiscal Balance in table A10.

Question reference: S4W-30439

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what cost assumptions it has made about the additional costs for the (a) voluntary, (b) independent and (c) private sector in delivering the living wage of £8.25 per hour for adult social care staff.

Question reference: S4W-30440

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether staff providing child social care in the (a) voluntary, (b) independent and (c) private sector have been considered in the allocation of funding for the implementation of the living wage of £8.25 per hour.

Question reference: S4W-30441

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that it does not create a two-tier care workforce in the same organisation through the implementation of the living wage of £8.25 per hour for people engaged in adult social care.

Question reference: S4W-30443

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £125 million being directed to integration authorities in 2016-17 is for the living wage and how much is for additional cost pressures.

Question reference: S4W-30438

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with providers in the (a) voluntary, (b) independent and (c) private sector regarding their share of the costs of paying staff engaged in providing adult social care the living wage of £8.25 per hour.

Question reference: S4W-30461

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S4W-26058 and S4W-26590 by John Swinney on 23 June 2015 and 25 November 2015, for what reason it has not completed its response to the consultation and whether it will confirm on what date it will do so.

Question reference: S4W-30456

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27757 by John Swinney on 27 October 2015, whether the contracts have been signed and, if so, whether it will now provide the information that was requested.

Information on when contracts have been signed is given in the following table:

Project	Planned Date	Actual Date
Ayr Academy	Q3 2015	7 January 2016
Dalbeattie Learning Campus	Q3 2015	25 January 2018
Newbattle High School	Q1 2015	12 February 2016
Kelso High School	Q2 2015	19 February 2016
Elgin High School	Q2 2015	25 February 2016
Baldragon Academy, Dundee	Q1 2015	26 February 2016
Inverclyde Care Home	Q1 2016	26 February 2016
William McIllvaney Campus, Kilmarnock	Q1 2016	24 February 2016

Planned dates reflect the agreed point where projects became impacted by classification issues.

A further four projects are scheduled to reach financial close in the coming weeks and information on those projects is given in the following table:

Current Planned	Planned Date	Actual or Current Planned Date
Barrhead High School	Q3 2015	21 March 2016
Our Lady and St Patrick's High School	Q3 2015	24 March 2016
Oban High School and Campbeltown Grammar	Q1 2016	24 March 2016
NHS Lothian Partnership Centre Bundle	Q1 2015	29 March 2016

The Scottish Government provides revenue support for these projects with a value of over £200 million. This support has been adjusted to protect local authorities and NHS boards from the inflationary pressures incurred through delays. These revenue cost pressures, actively managed by Scottish Futures Trust in collaboration with procuring local authorities and NHS boards and with the hub companies, have been offset by a reduction in the cost of finance during 2015 and early 2016 leading to a negligible budget impact across the eight projects.

Question reference: S4W-30717

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a national policy on the funding of adult care hospices.

As set out in the answer to question S4W-30715 on 22 March 2016, Chief Executive Letter 12 (2012) sets out the current planning arrangements between NHS boards and independent adult hospices http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/mels/CEL2012_12.pdf.

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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