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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-03047

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what measures it is taking to prevent illegal access to the Parliament's website and other data sources, such as members' email accounts.

Question reference: S4W-19993

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 18 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what the procedures are for informing patients about the closure of their GP surgery.

Question reference: S4W-19994

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what provisions are in place in local communities to provide support for vulnerable patients who find it difficult to access their GP surgery.

Under the legal framework for service provision, NHS boards are responsible for ensuring the provision of primary medical services for their areas. In discharging these statutory obligations health boards are required to ensure that care provided to vulnerable people by GPs is consistent with their contractual requirements and the General Medical Council’s Good medical practice.

Under the quality and outcomes framework or enhanced services elements of the GP contract, boards may also have specific pathways identified detailing care of the vulnerable, and these would be monitored as part of the contract review process.

Question reference: S4W-19995

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action the NHS takes to ensure that all patients have easy access to a GP surgery in their area.

Question reference: S4O-03003

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government who is responsible for informing patients about the closure of their local GP surgery.

Patient registration arrangements are local contractual matters between NHS boards and GP practices. Where a GP practice is closing, it is the statutory duty of NHS boards to communicate with patients about this.

Normally, acting on the health boards’ behalf, the practitioner services division within NHS National Services Scotland, will provide whatever assistance is needed in finding a patient a new GP practice.

Question reference: S4F-01852

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2014

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last reviewed the powers of the office of the Judicial Complaints Reviewer.

Question reference: S4O-02796

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met the Chancellor of the Exchequer and what issues were discussed.

Scottish Ministers regularly meet with ministers from the UK Treasury to promote the steps we are taking with our limited powers to deliver a more prosperous and fairer Scotland.

Most recently, in November 2013, I met the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Cardiff at the Finance Minister’s Quadrilateral, where we discussed the devolved administrations’ collective concerns over the UK Government’s damaging welfare reforms and the need for greater capital investment to underpin the economic recovery.

Question reference: S4O-02765

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 8 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when its officials last met representatives of Central Scotland region education authorities.

Question reference: S4O-02718

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how it is taking forward cultural initiatives relating to the Scottish diaspora.

Question reference: S4O-02667

Asked by: John Wilson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to stem the reported increasing availability of so-called legal highs.