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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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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
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Question reference: S3W-20032

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list each microbiology laboratory, broken down by location and NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-20031

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average turnaround time is for the testing of samples from patients with suspected hospital-acquired infections, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) medical laboratory.

Question reference: S3W-20033

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the newly identified 078 strain of Clostridium difficile has affected any patients and, if so, how many and at which hospitals.

Question reference: S3W-20034

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 29 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the relative toxicity of the 078 strain of Clostridium difficile is compared to other strains.

Question reference: S3W-20028

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has set aside funding to facilitate a public inquiry into the outbreak of Clostridium difficile and, if so, how much.

Question reference: S3W-20029

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 28 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive from which budget head funding for a public inquiry into the outbreak of Clostridium difficile would be drawn.

Question reference: S3W-19292

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the duration of appointments to the children’s panel advisory committees has been reduced from three years to one and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S3W-19502

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 January 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Stewart Maxwell on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16514 by Stewart Maxwell on 6 October 2008, whether it will list the amounts allocated to housing associations for home adaptations for disabled people in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008 to date, broken down by housing association.

Question reference: S3W-19739

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients had to wait for an assessment from the Scottish Driving Assessment Service in 2007-08 and for the first nine months of 2008-09, also showing the waiting period, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S3W-19740

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2009
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 January 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average annual pattern and duration is of visits by the mobile unit of the Scottish Driving Assessment Service.