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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.

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Question reference: S4W-26705

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much is being allocated to each area being supported by the Attainment Scotland Fund and what the focus is of each area's local improvement plan.

The following initial funding has been allocated to the seven local authorities identified as first to benefit from the Attainment Scotland Fund:

Glasgow – £3,030,000

North Lanarkshire – £2,241,000

Inverclyde – £592,000

Clackmannanshire – £718,109

West Dunbartonshire – £1,024,000

North Ayrshire – £1,965,000

Dundee – £2,145,000

These authorities have developed improvement plans to narrow the attainment gap, with a specific focus on literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.

Question reference: S4W-26706

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question SW4-25723 by Alex Neil on 3 June 2015 and its news release of 9 June 2015, Scottish Government signals planning modernisation, what particular areas it proposes to reform and what evidence base will inform the proposals.

Question reference: S4W-26754

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many babies have been born in each year since 2007-08, also broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) hospital and (c) home birth.

Question reference: S4W-26752

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) midwife- and (b) consultant-led maternity units there are in each NHS board, broken down by hospital.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Consultant Led

Midwife Led

Ayrshire Maternity Unit

Crosshouse

Arran War Memorial

Midwifery Led Unit Crosshouse

NHS Borders

Consultant Led

Borders General Melrose

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries	Clenoch Birthing Centre, Galloway Community Hospital, Stranraer

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Princess Royal	Royal Alexandra Paisley Community Unit
Southern General	Inverclyde Royal Greenock
Royal Alexandra Paisley	Vale of Leven Alexandria

NHS Lanarkshire

Consultant Led

Wishaw General

NHS Lothian

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Simpson Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	Simpson Centre Birthing Centre
St John’s Hospital Livingston

NHS Fife

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy	Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy

NHS Forth Valley

Consultant Led

Forth Valley Royal Hospital

NHS Tayside

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Ninewells, Dundee	Perth Community Maternity Unit (CMU)
	Montrose Infirmary CMU
	Arbroath Infirmary CMU
	Dundee Midwifery Unit (alongside)

NHS Grampian

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Aberdeen Royal Maternity	Peterhead Community Hospital
Dr Gray’s Elgin

NHS Highland

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Raigmore Inverness	Dunoon and District Hospitals
Caithness General Wick	Victoria Hospital Rothesay
	Mid Argyll Hospital Lochgilphead
	Belford Hospital Fort William
	Campbeltown Hospital
	Lorn and Islands Hospital, Oban
	Islay Hospital
	Dr MacKinnon Memorial Hospital Skye

NHS Orkney

Midwife Led Unit

Balfour Hospital Orkney

NHS Shetland

GP/Midwife Led

Shetland Maternity Unit

NHS Western Isles

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway	Uist and Barra Benbecula
	Barra Community Hospital

Question reference: S4W-26442

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which capital projects have been delayed as a result of the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects and what the (a) length of delay and (b) additional cost is in each case.

The eight hub design-build-finance-maintain (DBFM) projects that had been due to reach financial close by the end of 2014-15 had not reached financial close by 31 March 2015. For project specific reasons, the Forfar Academy and Anderson High School Shetland have been allowed to progress to financial close. Elgin High School, Baldragon Academy Dundee, Newbattle High School, Kelso High School, NHS Lothian Health Centre Bundle, and Inverclyde Care Home have been affected by a combination of Eurostat and other project specific programme issues. Other hub DBFM projects due to reach financial close in the early part of the current financial year, Our Lady and St Patricks High School and Barrhead High School, have faced project specific issues and are now also affected by the need for further consideration of the implications of the review by the Office of National Statistics of the classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. The length and cost of any delay will only be known when contracts are signed.

Question reference: S4W-26441

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government which capital projects have been affected by the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects.

Question reference: S4W-26440

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all capital projects that the Scottish Futures Trust (a) is currently delivering and (b) has in the pipeline.

Question reference: S4W-26464

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of public sector indebtedness is for all capital projects for each year from 2007 to 2050.

Question reference: S4W-26543

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has changed the structure of the (a) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, (b) Dumfries and Galloway Infirmary and (c) Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh capital project and, if so, what changes it has made and for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26451

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it did not list more than eight projects as being delayed by the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects.