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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-30429

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS boards to reduce seven-day emergency readmissions.

Question reference: S4W-30433

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much overtime pay has been (a) claimed and (b) paid in each year since 2010-11 in each NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-30432

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many hours (a) nurses and midwives, (b) junior doctors and (c) consultants have logged as overtime in each year since 2010-11, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-30446

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many paramedics have logged overtime hours in each year since 2010-11 and how many hours they have logged.

Question reference: S4W-30431

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that NHS boards have enough staff and resources to prevent the number of emergency readmissions from rising.

Question reference: S4W-30640

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing national guidelines for the prescribing of stoma products and appliances.

Question reference: S4W-30318

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what timeframe it has set to deliver the commitments in its response to the Commission on Housing and Wellbeing report, A blueprint for Scotland's future.

Question reference: S4W-30322

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many foodbanks it has funded in each year since 2007-08, broken down by local authority area.

The Scottish Government has provided £1 million of funding over 2014-16 to help combat food poverty in Scotland. This funding supports 26 emergency food aid projects in 17 local authority areas to respond to the immediate demands for emergency food aid and help address the underlying causes of food poverty. Most, but not all of these projects are led by food banks, and are set out in the following table.

Local authority

(number of funded projects)

Lead organisation(s)

Aberdeen (2)

Fersands and Fountain Community Project

Instant Neighbour

Clackmannanshire (1)

The Gate Charity

Dumfries and Galloway (2)

Apex Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service

Dundee (1)

Dundee Foodbank

East Ayrshire (1)

Council of Voluntary Organisations

East Lothian (1)

East Lothian Foodbank

Edinburgh (3)

The Rock Trust

Bethany Christian Trust

Citizens Advice Edinburgh/Edinburgh City Mission

Falkirk (1)

Falkirk Foodbank

Fife (1)

ENeRGI

Glasgow (5)

Glasgow North East Foodbank

Glasgow North West Foodbank

Central and West Integration Network

Wheatley Group

Balornock East Residents Association/Greater Maryhill Foodbank

Highland (1)

Calman Trust

Inverclyde (1)

Inverclyde Foodbank

Midlothian (1)

Midlothian Foodbank

Moray (1)

Community Food Moray

North Ayrshire (1)

North Ayrshire Foodbank

North Lanarkshire (2)

Calderbank Parish Church

Lanarkshire Community Food and Health Partnership

South Lanarkshire (1)

Community Links

Question reference: S4W-30319

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the reported reduction in the percentage of houses that passed the healthy, safe and secure section of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard in 2014.

The Scottish House Condition Survey does not record any reduction in the proportion of social sector dwelling that passed the healthy, safe and secure section of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) in 2014. The proportion of dwellings in the social sector which failed this criterion was 13% in 2013 and 14% in 2014. The difference between these two figures is within the margin of error.

The Scottish Housing Regulator is responsible for monitoring the performance of social landlords against SHQS, and reported that at April 2015 only 1.19% of social housing was non-compliant with the SHQS. These figures for compliance include social housing that is exempt or in abeyance from part of the standard, for example where the work is not technically possible or where the necessary consent of owners cannot be obtained.

The regulator considers fails as part of its annual risk assessment and where necessary engages with landlords to confirm that plans are in place to ensure stock meets SHQS.

Question reference: S4W-30323

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many foodbanks in each local authority area have closed because of lack of funding in each year since 2007-08.