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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-24503

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what impact the recently-announced £2 million in additional funding for the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) for 2015-16 will have on the reported £436,000 in savings that SAS North Division has been targeted to make.

Question reference: S4W-24499

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how the recently-announced £2 million in additional funding for the Scottish Ambulance Service for 2015-16 will be allocated, broken down by regional operational division.

Question reference: S4O-04065

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the 2015-16 funding for NHS Shetland is 2% below the 2015-16 NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee target allocation.

Question reference: S4W-24249

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 5 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when ministers have met representatives of the Crofting Commission in the last three months and what was discussed.

Question reference: S4W-24242

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 5 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it had prior knowledge that the Crofting Commission planned to lodge a request that a special case be stated on a question of law for the opinion of the Court of Session in connection with the Land Court’s decision of 18 December 2014 in the case of MacGillivray v the Crofting Commission.

Question reference: S4W-24243

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 5 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of who is remunerating the legal costs involved in pursuing the Crofting Commission’s request that a special case be stated on a question of law for the opinion of the Court of Session in connection with the Land Court’s decision of 18 December 2014 in the case of MacGillivray v the Crofting Commission.

Question reference: S4W-24250

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 30 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 5 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications between ministers and representatives of the Crofting Commission in the last three months.

<>The only communication between the Scottish Ministers and representatives of the Crofting Commission in the last three months related to arranging the meeting referred to in the answer to question S4W-24249 on 5 February 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Question reference: S4W-24240

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-23998 by Shona Robison on 27 January 2015, whether it will provide the information requested as to whether the Scottish Ambulance Service made/has made any applications for additional money in its budget in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15 and, if so, whether it will provide details of these applications.

The Scottish Government engage with the Scottish Ambulance Service in a detailed annual financial planning exercise as part of the Local Delivery Plan (LDP) process when service demands on service and funding levels are considered.

Throughout the year, monthly performance reviews/assessments of the agreed financial plan are undertaken, based on the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates monthly Financial Performance Returns with reference to the agreed LDP. Scottish Government officials review and discuss financial performance with the Scottish Ambulance Service regularly throughout the year.

Question reference: S4W-24090

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 3 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S4W-23777 by Aileen McLeod on 13 January 2015, whether it will provide a full breakdown of the issues discussed at the meeting.

The Cabinet Sub Committee on Climate Change has overall responsibility for ensuring that Scotland meets the world-leading climate change targets set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, contributing to the government’s purpose of creating a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish, though increasing sustainable economic growth. The Cabinet Sub Committee met for the second time on 8 January 2015 and discussed both the good progress made to date and the policy options available across the members’ portfolios to help ensure Scotland stays on track to meet its world-leading climate change targets. These included options in energy, housing, transport, local government and communities, land use, agriculture and forestry.

Question reference: S4W-24122

Asked by: Tavish Scott, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 26 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the recommendation at paragraph 132 of the Finance Committee’s 1st report 2015, Draft Budget 2015-16, whether the Scottish Fiscal Commission has now been instructed to monitor the Scottish Government's long-term investment commitments.

As set out in the Scottish Government’s response to the Finance Committee report on the 2015-16 Draft Budget of 3 February 2015, the Scottish Government does not consider that the monitoring of long term investment commitments as currently set out in Annex A of the draft budget falls within the remit of the Scottish Fiscal Commission. The Scottish Government is considering a broader role for the commission in assessing any wider prudential borrowing regime that might be applied in follow up to the Smith Commission proposals.