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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-24385

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of some new chronic pain patients waiting over 40 weeks for their first appointment, what its position is on whether allocating £372,810 for chronic pain services from the £101.6 million of Waiting Times Initiative funding since 2017 has been adequate.

Question reference: S5W-24384

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government who the Access Support Team consulted before agreeing that NHS boards should decide on Waiting Times Initiative second round funding, without recommendations and involvement from the Scottish Access Collaborative.

Question reference: S5W-24340

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Planning (Scotland) Bill legislating to merge Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) into the National Planning Framework 4, when the next SPP review will commence, and what the timescale will be for consultation, consideration and implementation.

Question reference: S5W-24093

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23649 by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019, how many NHS staff have been employed on (a) full- and (b) part-time contracts in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-24565

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2019
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many temporary ward closures there have been due to staff shortages in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-24561

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2019
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 August 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage natural prescribing.

Question reference: S5W-24198

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 31 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.

Question reference: S5W-24095

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings ministers have had with private healthcare providers in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-24183

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have attended minor ailment services in each year since 2007.

Figures for the number of attendances at Minor Ailments Services (MAS) are not held centrally.

Information Services Division (ISD) publishes figures for the number of registrations for MAS across Scotland and data relating to the number of items dispensed only.

The Minor Ailment Service, for the treatment of self-limiting common conditions, allows eligible patients and members of the public to register with their local community pharmacy and receive advice on the self-management of their condition, referral to another healthcare professional or the pharmacist will dispense an appropriate treatment for the condition. Data is not recorded on the number of patients or members of the public to receive advice or referral to another healthcare professional. Those registered can visit the pharmacy a number of times within the 12 month registration period.

The following table sets out the number of current registrations for MAS across the community pharmacy network of around 1,256 pharmacies. Figures are currently available from July 2007 up to 31 March 2017* (*latest published data).

Date	No. registrations
March 2017	884,120
March 2016	946,804
March 2015	913,483
March 2014	887,704
March 2013	893,396
March 2012	843,690
March 2011	790,509
March 2010	722,209
March 2009	657,418
March 2008	586,336
July 2007	556,840

Question reference: S5W-24174

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 30 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been awarded to the third sector to provide drug and alcohol services in each year since 2007.

This information is not held centrally. Responsibility for sectoral distribution rests with Integration Authorities and Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs). Before integration went live in 2016 this responsibility rested with NHS Boards and ADPs.

In addition to the investment delivered to the third sector through Integration Authorities and ADPs, third sector organisations also have opportunities to bid for funding through the National Development Project Fund, and the Challenge Fund administered by the Corra Foundation. Details of the successful projects and funding levels are available on our webpage here: https://www.gov.scot/policies/alcohol-and-drugs/