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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-24305

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many neurology consultant vacancies there are, also broken down by NHS board.

There are 8.8 WTE consultant vacancies in neurology across NHS Scotland as at March 2019.

These are broken down by NHS board in the following table.

NHS Board	Neurology consultant vacancies (WTE) as at March 2019
NHS Borders	0.0
NHS Fife	1.0
NHS Lothian	0.0
NHS Highland	0.0
NHS Grampian	0.0
NHS Orkney	0.0
NHS Tayside	0.0
NHS Western Isles	0.0
NHS Shetland	0.0
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1.8
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	4.0
NHS Lanarkshire	0.0
NHS Forth Valley	1.0
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	1.0

Source: ISD Scotland, Medical and Dental dashboard

https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2019-06-04/Medical-and-Dental.asp .

Question reference: S5W-24019

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it proposes to work with companies to best deliver e-health technology in the NHS.

The development of Scotland’s National Digital Platform offers a unique opportunity to produce new products which will support service improvement, service change and emerging consumer demand. Part of this work will be to provide a standard route for companies to interface with the digital platform in a consistent way making it easier for new technology to support digital health and care.

One of Scotland’s Innovation Centres, the Digital Health and Care Institute (DHI) continues to support product innovation with a wide network of capabilities, allowing them to evaluate and invest in new solutions from across a wide range of suppliers aligned to prioritised health and care challenges. The DHI are able to act as a bridge between companies, industry, academia and our health and care services.

Question reference: S5W-23245

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the NHS budget has been spent on mental health in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S5W-23733

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 21 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue it has received from the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy, and how it is spending this in Scotland.

The rules for how the Scottish Government is funded are set out in the Statement of Funding Policy. Changes in Scottish Government funding are determined by applying the Barnett formula to changes in UK government departmental spending, rather than allocating a proportion of revenues raised through the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy. There is therefore no direct link between the revenue raised by the UK Government through the Soft Drinks Industry Levy and any element of the funding allocated to Scotland. The Scottish Government spends its money in accordance with the published budget as agreed by the Scottish Parliament.

Question reference: S5W-23729

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the results of its consultation, Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt: consultation, and what action it plans to take in response to restrictions on the promotion and marketing of products that are high in fat, sugar and salt.

Question reference: S5W-23731

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a business and regulatory impact assessment for its proposed legislation to restrict the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.

Question reference: S5W-23732

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the effect on Scottish businesses of its proposed legislation to restrict the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.

The consultation paper Reducing health harms of foods high in fat, sugar or salt included questions on business impact and support. In parallel, officials have engaged with industry to support the development of a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA), providing industry with an opportunity to explain and quantify the economic impact of the proposals. This work is ongoing.

The Scottish Government will reflect on the responses to its consultation and ongoing work to develop impact assessments, including the BRIA, in considering what actions to take.

Question reference: S5W-23730

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it will define products that will be subject to restrictions on the promotion and marketing of products high in fat, sugar and salt.

Question reference: S5O-03422

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it is meeting the objectives of its Equally Safe Strategy.

Question reference: S5W-23562

Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 12 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23071 by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 May 2019, how much it will cost to match the EIBSS scheme payments in cases in which they are higher than the SIBSS, without reducing any other existing payments from the Scottish scheme.

It is not possible to provide a precise cost estimate given that the numbers of beneficiaries registered with SIBSS changes constantly, in particular as new applicants join the scheme. It is also important to note that not all categories of beneficiary are the same in the two schemes and therefore, in particular for those with chronic hepatitis c where there are three SIBSS categories, EIBSS does not have directly equivalent categories.