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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-28811

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of what cost savings could be made from shifting the balance of care for people who are drunk and incapable in public from the emergency services to alcohol and drug detox facilities that are designated as places of safety.

Question reference: S4W-28807

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to (a) Albyn House in Aberdeen, (b) Beechwood House in Inverness and (c) other alcohol and drug detox facilities that have been designated as places of safety in each year since 2008, and what support it can provide if an alcohol and drug partnership withdraws its funding.

Alcohol and drug partnerships (ADPs) and local partners, taking account of local needs and priorities, allocate funding locally.

There is no single best practice model for services for drunk and incapable people. Services should be developed directly in response to local needs, as determined by ADPs and remain flexible when needs change.

The Scottish Government has made a record investment of £319 million to tackle problem alcohol use since 2008, the bulk of our funding £278 million has been made to ADPs via NHS boards for investment in local prevention, treatment and recovery support services.

The Scottish Government 2015-16 investment for the ADPs within NHS Grampian and NHS Highland is as follows:

NHS board	Alcohol	Drug	Total
	£	£	£
Grampian	3,074,699	2,714,223	5,788,922
Highland	2,376,928	1,278,557	3,655,485

Question reference: S4W-28809

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the effectiveness of (a) Albyn House in Aberdeen and (b) other alcohol and drug detox facilities and whether these designated places of safety relieve pressure on (i) Police Scotland and (ii) (A) the Scottish Ambulance Service and (B) other NHS boards and services.

Question reference: S4W-28810

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comment in the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland report, Thematic Inspection of Police Custody Arrangements in Scotland, that the Albyn House facility in Aberdeen “provides a unique secure unit for those found drunk and incapable in a public place by the police”.

Question reference: S4W-28808

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand the provision of alcohol and drug detox facilities that are designated as places of safety, and what its position is on accommodating people in such premises rather than (a) police custody and (b) hospital.

Question reference: S4W-28463

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 16 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27521 by John Swinney on 29 September 2015, what discussions it has had regarding changes to the NHS Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 since the answer was provided.

Question reference: S4O-05182

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Women's Development Forum report, A study of the perceptions and experience of Police Officers and Staff during pregnancy and maternity.

Question reference: S4T-01205

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the fatal accident inquiry into the Glasgow bin lorry crash.

Question reference: S4O-04907

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support the Aberdeen city region deal bid since it received the statement of intent.

Question reference: S4W-28643

Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24995 by Michael Matheson on 13 April 2015, what percentage of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for firearm certificates is processed within 12 weeks, broken down by applications received in each month since November 2014, and whether this is the target for all applications.