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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: S5W-18548

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it will mark Organ Donation Week.

I launched the start of Organ Donation Week 2018 on 3 September at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where I spoke to patients about their experience of islet cell transplants.

During the week TV advertisements ran at prime spots during the day and evening to encourage people to join the Organ Donor Register. Case studies and press releases were issued and social media channels utilised every day of the week to promote deceased donation.

St Andrew’s House and a range of other prominent landmarks and buildings lit up in the ‘We Need Everybody’ campaign green colour to highlight the importance of organ donation to saving lives.

An organ and tissue donation email newsletter was issued to 11,000 subscribers which outlined the activities for the week and encouraged them to get involved. In addition, the Scottish Government worked closely with NHS Blood and Transplant and the Specialist Nurses for Organ Donation in each mainland NHS Board area who ran local events and activities during the week.

Question reference: S5O-02362

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how proposals in its Transport Bill aim to support the improved planning and delivery of socially-desirable bus routes.

Question reference: S5O-02350

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides when a family member dies overseas.

Question reference: S5O-02271

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Crisis, Everybody In: How to end homelessness in Great Britain (2018).

Question reference: S5O-02230

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting housing associations in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency to help deliver its target of 50,000 new affordable homes.

Question reference: S5O-02196

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much money has been returned to communities through the CashBack for Communities scheme since 2008.

This Government introduced the Cashback for Communities programme in 2008 as a way to reinvest monies attributed to proceeds of crime directly back into our young people living in areas most affected by crime. Since 2008, £92 million seized from criminals has been committed to a wide range of sporting, cultural, youth work and community opportunities, delivering over 2 million activities and opportunities to some of Scotland’s most disadvantaged young people.

Phase 4 of CashBack started on 1 April 2017. We are investing £17 million across 17 exciting new programmes that are even more focussed on disadvantaged young people in every Local Authority across Scotland. This will build on the success of the CashBack programme.

Question reference: S5T-01135

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what proposals it is considering to tackle child obesity.

Question reference: S5O-02079

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how centres that provide a supervised contact facility for absent parents to spend time with their children are inspected and regulated.

Question reference: S5O-02010

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it supports built heritage in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Question reference: S5O-01869

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the use of the Pupil Equity Fund in schools in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

Pupil Equity Funding is additional funding to be spent at the discretion of Headteachers to close the poverty-related attainment gap. Working with our partners, the Scottish Government has developed clear national guidance for schools on planning and monitoring Pupil Equity Funding. This includes explaining how they are using the funding in existing planning and reporting processes to their authority and Parent Council, including in their annual School Improvement Plans and Standards and Quality reports. These plans and reports should be made publicly available so that parents and others can understand what is happening in their school.

School inspection and other review processes will be used to ensure schools use their funding appropriately. In addition, the operation, use and effectiveness of the Pupil Equity Funding on closing the poverty related attainment gap will feed into other existing quality assurance processes, such as Audit Scotland’s Shared Risk Assessment.

At a national level, progress towards closing the poverty-related attainment gap will be monitored and reported through the National Improvement Framework.