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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: S4O-00402

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is for children seeking mental health treatment.

Question reference: S4W-03915

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive which ministerial portfolio has responsibility for the management of the Young Scots Fund.

Question reference: S4W-03492

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cochlear implant programme is given ring-fenced funding for purchasing upgrade processors each year.

Question reference: S4W-03491

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cochlear implant patients are using processors that are over five years old.

Question reference: S4W-03489

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scotland-domiciled patients travel to England for cochlear implant follow-up services; how much this costs NHSScotland per patient per annum, and whether this includes the cost of an upgrade processor every five years.

Currently, there are 21 patients who are resident in Scotland who are receiving aftercare from cochlear centres in England. These centres are in Nottingham and Manchester.

The cost of follow-up care is approximately £5,500 per annum for a child with bilateral implants, £3,500 per annum per child with a unilateral implant and around £2,600 per annum for an adult with a unilateral implant. This includes the cost of replacing the processors after five years.

Question reference: S4W-03485

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new cochlear implant procedures were funded in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and how many were to fit bilateral cochlear implants.

In 2009-10, 83 new cochlear implants were funded and one repeat procedure (adult). Seventy were unilateral implants (51 adults, 19 children) and 13 were bilateral implants (four adults, nine children).

In 2010-11, 84 new cochlear implants were funded and one repeat procedure (adult). 51 were unilateral implants (44 adults, seven children) and 33 were bilateral implants (two adults, 31 children).

Question reference: S4W-03487

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the NHS National Services Division provides a policy that sets out a minimum timescale for upgrades to cochlear implant speech processors.

Question reference: S4W-03490

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Cochlear Implant Programme is allocated per paediatric patient per annum of post-implant follow-up and whether this includes the cost of an upgrade processor every five years.

Question reference: S4W-03486

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether ring-fenced funding is available to provide bilateral cochlear implants to all children who would benefit from them.

Question reference: S4W-03488

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the family of a deaf child opting to have one cochlear implant for their child can opt for a second at a later date.