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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-13269

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-12698 and S4W-12903 by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013, what non-profit distributing programme forecast profile was used in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 draft budget for college projects for (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15, broken down by (A) project, (B) amount of planned investment and (C) the anticipated start dates of the (1) procurement process and (2) construction.

Question reference: S4W-13267

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 8 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-12698 and S4W-12902 by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 February 2013, what non-profit distributing programme forecast profile was used in the (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14 draft budget for schools projects for (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15, broken down by (A) project, (B) amount of planned investment and (C) the anticipated start dates of the (1) procurement process and (2) construction.

Question reference: S4W-13022

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many departments in NHS Grampian worked below their minimum staffing level in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-13023

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 7 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many newly qualified nurses have gone into nursing in (a) Aberdeen and (b) Aberdeenshire in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S4O-01922

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the location for the energy skills academy.

Question reference: S4W-13029

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS registered dental patients in the Grampian area have attended for treatment in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-13027

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS registered dental patients in the Grampian area have received check-ups in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-13021

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 5 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the price of private rented accommodation in Aberdeen.

Information on the price of rented accommodation at a local authority level is not held centrally.

Planning authorities are required to examine local rent levels as part of their Housing Need and Demand Assessments (HNDAs) which are then appraised by the Scottish Government. Information about the price of private rents in Aberdeen is available in the Aberdeen City and Shire HNDA (2010) and the 2011 HNDA update. Links are provided below.

2010 HNDA:

http://www.aberdeencityandshire-sdpa.gov.uk/AboutUs/HNDA.asp

2011 HNDA update:

http://www.aberdeencityandshire-sdpa.gov.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.asp?lID=898&sID=38

Question reference: S4W-13030

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many dental practices in the Grampian area have offered private treatment in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-13026

Asked by: Richard Baker, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 5 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in (a) Aberdeen and (b) Aberdeenshire will be affected by the proposed changes to housing benefits.

Table 3 in the following paper gives an estimate of the number of households affected by the under-occupancy penalty by local authority.

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/Housing/supply-demand/chma/Benefitchanges/BenefitChangesUnderOccupancy

The paper is from May 2011 and gives a slightly earlier estimate of the numbers affected. Our current estimate is that around 105,000 households will be affected by the under-occupancy penalty.