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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: S4F-01840

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 20 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 January 2014

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to findings from the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford that the Pentland Firth could provide enough renewable energy to power approximately half of Scotland’s homes.

Question reference: S4O-02743

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what measures there are for young disabled adults to access bespoke respite services.

Question reference: S4O-02703

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the redevelopment of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

Question reference: S4W-18493

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 3 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10611 by Keith Brown on 6 November 2012, whether it will provide an update regarding how much on average the travel scheme saves people who use it each year.

Question reference: S4W-17480

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 September 2013
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 27 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make changes to the 20-year security rule in the Land Tenure Reform (Scotland) Act 1974.

Question reference: S4O-02421

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what recent representations it has received regarding the terms and conditions of gallery attendants and security staff employed by the National Galleries of Scotland.

Question reference: S4F-01517

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2013

To ask the First Minister, in light of it providing assistance to NGOs supporting humanitarian projects in Syria, what recent discussions the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government regarding the provision of humanitarian aid.

Question reference: S4W-16203

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 June 2013
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 July 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15137 by Keith Brown on 6 June 2013, whether it will provide a breakdown of people with a national entitlement card by local authority area.

Further to the answer to S4W-15137, as at 1 June 2013 the total number of people holding a National Entitlement Card, giving access to the Scotland-Wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled People is 1,259,246.

The breakdown by local authority area is listed in the following table:

Local Authority	O&D Total	Local Authority	O&D Total
Aberdeen	47,895	Highland	57,144
Aberdeenshire	55,369	Inverclyde	21,344
Angus	30,087	Midlothian	20,980
Argyll and Bute	26,530	Moray	22,158
Clackmannanshire	11,872	North Ayrshire	37,725
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar	7,809	North Lanarkshire	71,033
Dumfries and Galloway	40,204	Orkney	5,876
Dundee	35,883	Perth and Kinross	38,101
East Ayrshire	30,555	Renfrewshire	42,387
East Dunbartonshire	27,607	Scottish Borders	31,151
East Lothian	24,932	Shetland	5,739
East Renfrewshire	21,498	South Ayrshire	32,969
Edinburgh	106,675	South Lanarkshire	73,261
Falkirk	35,690	Stirling	20,037
Fife	94,353	West Dunbartonshire	21,913
Glasgow	124,525	West Lothian	35,944

Question reference: S4F-01439

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2013

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to improve treatment for people with dementia.

Question reference: S4T-00341

Asked by: Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 May 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 May 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the recent emergence of a new strain of Clostridium difficile.