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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-05617

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the current chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland was appointed.

Question reference: S4W-05619

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 12 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy and (b) the board of Healthcare Improvement Scotland are aware of negotiations with the health directorate about the salary of the chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-05981

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms it can use to recover costs from private sector providers for NHS treatment provided to people with PIP breast implants.

Question reference: S4W-05979

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers would be a reasonable condition to be applied to treatment of people with PIP breast implants by private providers.

Question reference: S4W-05982

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of people resident in Scotland whose PIP breast implant surgery took place in (a) England or (b) abroad.

Question reference: S4W-05616

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland was seconded to the post and, if so, from where.

Question reference: S4W-05618

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the salary was for the chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland when the post was advertised in September 2010.

Question reference: S4W-05614

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current salary is of the chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

The salary for the Chief Executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland is in the range approved by Ministers for Executive Grade F (£84,411 - £115,046). The post is currently filled on an interim basis through a secondment of the former Medical Director of NHS Fife on her existing terms and conditions. The remuneration paid to NHS Fife for the full cost of the secondment is in the range of £170,000-175,000, which includes all taxable benefits and employer pension contributions.

Question reference: S4W-05615

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current chief executive of Healthcare Improvement Scotland was appointed on a temporary basis.

Question reference: S4W-05984

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05591 by John Swinney on 28 February 2012, how much of the £20 million of resource DEL consequentials available in 2012-13 will be allocated specifically to changes arising from the UK Welfare Reform Bill.

As stated in my answer to question S4W-05591 the Scottish Government has held back around £20 million of Resource DEL consequentials available in 2012-13 in view of risks presented by the current economic and financial climate including, in particular, those presented by UK welfare reform and the unpredictability surrounding the eurozone.

As the full extent of the implications of the UK Welfare Reform Bill is still unknown I cannot confirm, at this stage, how much of the available consequentials will be allocated in response to the impact of the bill.