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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: S4W-30265

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Marco Biagi on 10 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that additional revenues raised through the proposed council tax reforms will be “invested directly in schools".

Question reference: S4O-05635

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2016
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what future investment it has planned for Dumbarton Castle.

As I indicated in my response to Jackie Baillie's oral question on 8 December 2015, the functions relating to the care, conservation and management of Properties in the Care of Scottish Ministers, of which Dumbarton Castle is one, have been delegated to Historic Environment Scotland under the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014.

Historic Environment Scotland is developing plans to invest in Dumbarton Castle over the next five years.

Question reference: S4W-30057

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who attended the (a) Minor Injuries Unit and (b) Medical Assessment Unit at the Vale of Leven Hospital in each year since 2007 were resident in the hospital's catchment area.

Question reference: S4W-30069

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people who attended A&E at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in each year since 2007 were resident in the Vale of Leven Hospital catchment area.

Question reference: S4W-30054

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it was made aware of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s plan to make £60 million in savings, which the board announced in December 2015.

Question reference: S4W-30058

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many people from the Vale of Leven Hospital catchment area have been treated at the (a) Vale of Leven, (b) Royal Alexandra and (c) Golden Jubilee Hospital in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-29828

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS boards about local delivery plans for 2016-17.

Question reference: S4W-29830

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government by what date NHS boards will be required to publish a final local delivery plan for 2016-17, including the financial annex.

Question reference: S4W-29829

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether the submission of (a) draft and (b) final NHS local delivery plans for 2016-17 has been delayed and, if so, for what reason.

The timetable for their production has been set to take account of integration of health and social care going live in 2016. There is a legal duty for health and social care partnerships to produce a strategic plan and a duty for the delegating parties to be fully involved throughout that process. Health and social care partnerships are formally established from 1 April 2016 and it is important that they are involved in the preparation of local delivery plans (LDPs). The timetable for the development of the 2016-17 LDPs has been set to support and manage orderly planning and budgeting through alignment and collaboration.

Overall, these changes to the planning landscape mean that boards are due to submit draft LDPs in March 2016 with finalised LDPs to be submitted by the end of May 2016. Our published guidance said that NHS boards should submit a draft LDP by 4 March 2016, we have extended that slightly to enable further work on the draft plans to take place. Draft plans will still be submitted in March 2016 before the start of the financial year and these will be reviewed as part of our planning and performance cycle.

Question reference: S4W-30055

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 March 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it was made aware of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s plan to make savings of £69 million, despite an uplift in its 2016-17 budget.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde routinely provide copies of their board papers, which for the meeting of 16 February 2016 were received on 9 February 2016. These savings are retained locally for reinvestment in frontline services and are in addition to a baseline funding uplift of £103.7 million (5.2%) for 2016-17.

For the current year 2015-16, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are forecasting that they will deliver £59.6 million of efficiency savings.