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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: S4T-00896

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 January 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on efforts to restore power supplies affected by severe weather.

Question reference: S4W-23517

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS (a) consultants specialising in emergency care, (b) emergency services technicians and (c) paramedics there were in September (i) 2006 and (ii) 2014, and what the change was expressed as a percentage.

The information on how many NHS (a) consultants specialising in emergency care, as at (i) 2006 and (ii) 2014, can be found in Table 1.

Information on Scottish Ambulance Service staff for 2006 is not available so data as at 30 September 2007 has been provided for ambulance services technicians and paramedics in Table 2.

Table 1: Number of consultants in emergency medicine in NHS Scotland

September 2006

September 2014

Percentage change from September 2006 to September 2014

	Whole time equivalent	Headcount	Whole time equivalent	Headcount	Whole time equivalent	Headcount
Consultants in emergency medicine	75.8	76	203.4	213	168.5%	180.3%

Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System, ISD Scotland

Table 2: Number of ambulance services technicians and paramedics in NHS Scotland

September 2007

September 2014

Percentage change from September 2007 to September 2014

	Whole time equivalent	Headcount	Whole time equivalent	Headcount	Whole time equivalent	Headcount
Ambulance services technicians	999.7	1010	1,152.9	1,169	15.3%	15.7%
Paramedics	1,233.9	1,247	1,365.9	1,393	10.7%	11.7%

Source: Scottish Workforce Information Standard System, ISD Scotland

Question reference: S4O-03773

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much will be invested in the programme, Scotland’s Schools for the Future.

Question reference: S4O-03640

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it is taking forward the proposals in Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities.

Question reference: S4T-00814

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has in place to help deal with the current weather conditions.

Question reference: S4O-03586

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how the education system can be more closely aligned toward job and career opportunities.

Question reference: S4O-03505

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what benefit farmers and crofters would have through Pillar 1 funding in an independent Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-03458

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 August 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 August 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will provide safeguards for rural schools.

Question reference: S4W-21868

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 June 2014
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Derek Mackay on 23 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will take forward the policies and proposals in the finalised National Planning Framework 3 and Scottish Planning Policy.

The Scottish Government is committed to achieving a high performing planning system in Scotland. Today, I have published the finalised National Planning Framework 3 (NFP3) and the Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). For the first time, Scotland has an up to date, forward looking and coherent national planning policy framework to guide development and investment across the country. I expect all of those involved in the planning process to work together in the coming years, to focus on the shared outcomes of NPF3 and the SPP and enable high quality development on the ground.

Question reference: S4W-21759

Asked by: Mike MacKenzie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2014
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 June 2014

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the outcome of the work of the Island Areas Ministerial Working Group.