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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.

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Question reference: S5W-21876

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 12 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether any members of the national implementation group for the loneliness strategy have a learning disability, and, if not, whether it will ensure that such a person is appointed to the group.

The Scottish Government is not aware of whether or not any member of the implementation group has a learning disability.

Our work to address social isolation and loneliness will consider the needs of a range of groups including people with learning disabilities. The recently published national strategy for tackling social isolation and loneliness A Connected Scotland links to the updated Keys to Life strategy for people with learning disabilities, which is driving forward work to ensure that they live healthier lives, have choice and control over the services they use, and are supported to be independent and active citizens.

Our implementation group includes a range of third sector and public bodies as well as COSLA who will be looking closely at the issues and seeking to drive forward progress in an inclusive fashion. We are committed to engaging with a wide range of stakeholders – including learning disability organisations such as LDAS - who have an interest in this work, and we will work closely with the implementation group to develop our plans in this area.

Question reference: S5W-21612

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have received the drug, Orkambi, through the Peer Approved Clinical System (PACS) since the announcement in December 2018 that the drug would be appraised by the Scottish Medicines Consortium.

Question reference: S5W-21877

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will organise and fund a social care recruitment campaign.

Question reference: S5W-21790

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the current pay claim by lecturers is in keeping with the current public sector pay policy and, if not, how it differs.

Question reference: S5W-21788

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Colleges Scotland and (b) EIS-FELA on current pay talks for college lecturers.

Question reference: S5W-21789

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 25 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether the current pay claim from lecturers is the same as that already agreed for non-lecturing staff in colleges.

Question reference: S5O-02991

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £55 million it received in Barnett consequentials for 2019-20 to prepare for leaving the EU has been allocated and to what.

Question reference: S5W-21875

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that the recommendations in its report, Coming Home, are implemented.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers and welcomes the findings of Dr Anne MacDonald's report: Coming Home.

The Scottish Government will be funding a post to support Health and Social Care Partnerships as they consider and take forward the recommendations of the report, including considering different models of care for people with learning disabilities and complex needs.

The Scottish Government will also be commissioning further work with Glasgow University to develop front line training resources around 'Positive Behavioural Support,' one of the forms of support, identified in the Coming Home report, that can be effective and appropriate for those with additional and complex needs.

Question reference: S5W-21880

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the learning disability strategy, The keys to life.

Many actions included in the strategy when it was published in 2011 have been delivered and others continue to be delivered through the work of the Scottish Commission for Learning Disabilities and the Learning Disabilities Observatory.

I am delighted to announce that the new framework to support the strategy 'The keys to life: unlocking futures for people with learning disabilities " will be published on ‎ 13 March by the Scottish Government and COSLA.

The new framework sets out some of our achievements over the last few years and highlights our key priorities for the remaining period of the strategy. The framework takes a whole life approach with an emphasis on supporting people from childhood to adulthood and covers a range of priorities across the themes of living, learning, working and wellbeing. The framework consolidates our work and also reflects the feedback we received from a wide range of stakeholders and people with learning disabilities on what matters to them.

The Scottish Government firmly believes that people with learning disabilities can and do play a full part in our communities and looks forward to working with COSLA, Local Authorities, Health and Social Care Partnerships and the Third Sector on the next phase of our work.

Question reference: S5W-21879

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to draft a new learning disability strategy to follow the current strategy, The keys to life, which ends in 2021.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers.

The Scottish Government is pleased to announce that a new learning disability framework, 'The keys to life: unlocking futures for people with learning disabilities" will be published by the Scottish Government and COSLA on 13 March 2019. This framework will support the existing strategy.

The framework was produced following consultation and collaboration with people with learning disabilities and stakeholders. It identifies our key priorities and the commitment of the Scottish Government and COSLA to collaborate with public and third sector partners to deliver real change in the lives of people with learning disabilities.

This collaborative approach will also inform our actions beyond the life of the existing strategy.