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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)
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Question reference: S5W-05216

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what the criteria are for designating proposals as major service changes that are determined by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.

In such cases I take full account of the views of the Scottish Health Council and Health board before coming to a final decision.

The Scottish Health Council published guidance entitled ‘identifying major service change’ (February 2010) to help inform the Health board view. This poses questions about the proposals under nine key areas: impact on patients and carers, changes in the accessibility of services, whether emergency or unscheduled care is involved, the level of public and political concern, any conflict with national policy, the level of change in the method of service delivery, related change in recent years, the financial implications, and consequences for other services.

Question reference: S5W-05181

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are employed by Scottish Development International in the (a) Dublin, (b) Brussels, (c) Berlin and (d) London hub, and how many will be employed in future as a result of the First Minister's announcement to double staffing.

Question reference: S5W-05214

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposals from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the maternity units at the Vale of Leven and Inverclyde Royal hospitals, the Centre for Integrative Care and Lightburn Hospital will be designated as major service changes prior to the meeting on 20 December 2016 and, if so, when this will be announced.

Question reference: S5W-05217

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will designate the proposal to transfer birthing services away from the Vale of Leven Hospital as a major service change.

Question reference: S5W-05398

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans for there to be four chief executives covering each of the skills and enterprise agencies following the implementation of the recommendations of its enterprise review.

Question reference: S5O-00474

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to grow the economy.

We are taking a number of actions to support and strengthen Scotland’s economy, in keeping with the priorities identified in our Economic Strategy.

We’ve taken action to support the economy’s resilience following the EU referendum result, including through our Capital Acceleration Programme. The Scottish Growth Scheme will help to support investment in Scotland. We’re taking forward a number of actions to improve our innovation performance, and our expansion of childcare will help parents to participate in the economy, supporting inclusive growth. We are promoting Scotland on the international stage through our Innovation and Investment Hubs in Dublin, London, Brussels and Berlin.

Our Enterprise and Skills Review will bring even greater integration and focus to the delivery of our enterprise and skills support, to help ensure we maximise the contribution our agencies make to improving Scotland’s economic performance.

Question reference: S5W-05179

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) repeated and (b) new inward investment has been achieved in each year from 2011-12 to 2015-16.

Details of foreign direct investment activity supported by Scottish Development International is set out in the following tables:

FDI Company projects supported by SDI
2011-12	Expansion	40
	New	23
	Safeguarding	6
2012-13	Expansion	42
	New	34
	Safeguarding	7
2013-14	Expansion	47
	New	23
	Safeguarding	14
2014-15	Expansion	52
	New	30
	Safeguarding	9
2015-16	Expansion	52
	New	36
	Safeguarding	8
Total FDI Jobs supported by SDI
2011-12	Expansion	5,615
	New	1,221
	Safeguarding	558
2012-13	Expansion	3,788
	New	2,770
	Safeguarding	581
2013-14	Expansion	4,481
	New	1,621
	Safeguarding	1,344
2014-15	Expansion	4,131
	New	1,771
	Safeguarding	3,757
2015-16	Expansion	5,155
	New	962
	Safeguarding	973

Question reference: S5W-05186

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution and (b) Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work has had with potential investors about infrastructure projects; (i) when and (ii) where these meetings were held, and who was present.

Ministers meet and engage with potential investors on a regular basis to discuss a broad range of opportunities. It would be inappropriate to provide more detail as these meetings are private, often discussing commercially sensitive matters.

Details of Ministerial meetings/events can be found on the Scottish Government website:https://beta.gov.scot/publications/?term=Ministerial&publicationTypes=transparency_data

Question reference: S5W-05188

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution and (b) Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work has had with inward investors; (i) when and (ii) where these meetings were held, and who was present.

Details of Ministerial meetings/events can be found on the Scottish Government website:https://beta.gov.scot/publications/?term=Ministerial&publicationTypes=transparency_data

Question reference: S5W-05182

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 December 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of Brexit, it will review (a) its trade and investment strategy and (b) Scotland’s Economic Strategy, given that both were published before Brexit.