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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: S4W-11453

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what information it is awaiting from the UK Government to enable payment of the health grant to those affected by thalidomide.

Question reference: S4W-11452

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide permanent health grant support for those affected by thalidomide.

Question reference: S4W-11454

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects details of the health grant to those affected by thalidomide to be finalised.

Question reference: S4W-11396

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10857 by Michael Matheson on 16 November 2012, for what reason there are no plans to publish the data underpinning the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Update Report on Scottish Pain Management Services.

The information requested is being collated. I will write to the member as soon as the information is available and a copy will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 54547).

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has also advised that the data relating to NHS board service provision will be made available on the Chronic Pain Managed Knowledge Network website from 7 December 2012.

Question reference: S4W-11254

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the nature of the relationship is between NHS Lanarkshire and Salus.

Salus is an operational department of NHS Lanarkshire. Salus’ core business is the provision of occupational health services to NHS Lanarkshire staff. In addition, Salus undertakes commercial contracts for the provision of occupational health services to other public and private sector bodies. These contracts, and the detailed arrangements relating to them, are a matter for Salus and NHS Lanarkshire. All surpluses generated by Salus commercial activities are returned to NHS Lanarkshire and used to support service provision. Detailed figures are not held centrally.

Question reference: S4W-11255

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether any Salus staff are employed by NHS Lanarkshire.

Question reference: S4W-11258

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what the values are of the contracts between (a) NHS Lanarkshire and (b) other NHS boards and Atos Healthcare to deliver personal independence payment assessments.

Question reference: S4W-11252

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been provided with a copy of the contract between NHS Lanarkshire and Atos Healthcare, to deliver the personal independence payment assessments of sick and disabled people and, if so, whether it will publish this in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S4W-11397

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10857 by Michael Matheson on 16 November 2012 , whether it will place the data underpinning the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Update Report on Scottish Pain Management Services, including the current number of health professionals working with chronic pain and patient waiting lists for first and second appointments, in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

In addition Healthcare Improvement Scotland has advised that they will be posting the data in relation to NHS board service provision on the Chronic Pain Managed Knowledge Network website.

In relation to waiting times, I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-10791 on 14 November 2012. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx.

Information Services Division publish national waiting times data on their website which is available at: http://www.isdscotland.org/Publications/index.asp.

Question reference: S4W-11246

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comments of Dr Daniel Kenealy of the University of Edinburgh reported in The Scotsman of 15 November 2012, that MI6 should hold talks with the CIA and other United States security services in the event of Scotland separating from the rest of the United Kingdom.