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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-16198

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of which (a) principles and (b) protocols of the UK Statistics Authority's Code of Practice its Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin does not meet.

Question reference: S4W-16199

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether the contents of its Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin are compliant with the UK Statistics Authority's Code of Practice and whether the bulletin therefore meets the standard of national statistics and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S4W-16402

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 26 July 2013

The provisional number of patients that were discharged from hospitals in the NHS Grampian area following a diagnosis of malnutrition in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 are shown in the following table.

Number of patients discharged following a diagnosis of malnutrition – NHS Grampian 2008 to 2012

Year	Count
2008^p	20
2009^p	22
2010^p	30
2011^p	48
2012^p	44

p - provisional

Source: SMR01

Date: July 2013

p - Data submissions for NHS Grampian are over 95% complete to January 2013. The figures provided above have been marked provisional until all patient records held on Grampian’s new IT Patient Management System have been fully updated.

Question reference: S4W-16493

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government in what average number of days after receipt of an invoice it paid suppliers in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-16494

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of suppliers it paid within 10 days of receiving an invoice in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-16200

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its next Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin.

Question reference: S4W-16202

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government which minister commissioned the publication of its Oil and Gas Analytical Bulletin and on what date and at what time.

Question reference: S4W-16037

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will update the Parliament on progress on securing the funding package for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.

Question reference: S4W-16038

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Audit Scotland's statement in its report, Scotland's key transport infrastructure projects, that "There are significant risks to Transport Scotland in securing the procurement of the M8 bundle and AWPR/B-T projects using NPD finance at an affordable price."

Question reference: S4W-16036

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what it expects the unit charges will be for the non-profit distribution contract for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project.