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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-00562

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S4O-00492

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to create jobs in Inverclyde.

Question reference: S4O-00435

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the reorganisation of Caledonian MacBrayne will have on the communities who rely on its services.

Question reference: S4O-00413

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S4O-00369

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the Scottish Prison Service.

Question reference: S4F-00258

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2011

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the GMC survey suggesting that junior doctors feel pressured to work more than a 48-hour week.

Question reference: S4O-00249

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S3W-37752

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 December 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to the No Knives Better Lives campaign in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland for 2011-12.

The budget statement 2011-12 was recently announced setting out the Scottish Government''s draft budget for next year. The budget will be debated in Parliament in February before it is voted on. The Scottish Government cannot give specific figures for how much will be spent next year on No Knives, Better Lives until the budget is voted through, however there will be funding next year to support No Knives, Better Lives activity in Inverclyde.

Question reference: S3W-37708

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the planned completion dates are for each phase of HMP Inverclyde.

Question reference: S3W-37706

Asked by: Duncan McNeil, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2010
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 November 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what the planned annual expenditure on HMP Inverclyde will be over each year of the projected time span of the construction period.

I have asked John Ewing, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service, to respond. His response is as follows:

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is committed to building HMP Inverclyde as a replacement for HMP Greenock. The SPS and Inverclyde Council have reached agreement regarding the sale of a site for this development.

Subject to planning permission being granted in early 2011, SPS will prepare for the procurement process to commence in advance of the site being vacated by Inverclyde Council in 2013-14. The construction period is expected to be around 18 to 24 months. The project, which will be funded from the SPS capital budget, is expected to cost around £80 million “ actual cost will depend on the market conditions prevailing at the time that bids are submitted. The distribution of expenditure between financial years will depend on the timing of planning permission, award of contract and the contractual works programme. No substantive expenditure is planned for HMP Inverclyde in 2011-12.

SPS lodged an application for planning permission with Inverclyde Council on 27 October 2010.