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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: S4W-26705

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much is being allocated to each area being supported by the Attainment Scotland Fund and what the focus is of each area's local improvement plan.

The following initial funding has been allocated to the seven local authorities identified as first to benefit from the Attainment Scotland Fund:

Glasgow – £3,030,000

North Lanarkshire – £2,241,000

Inverclyde – £592,000

Clackmannanshire – £718,109

West Dunbartonshire – £1,024,000

North Ayrshire – £1,965,000

Dundee – £2,145,000

These authorities have developed improvement plans to narrow the attainment gap, with a specific focus on literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing.

Question reference: S4W-26706

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 5 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question SW4-25723 by Alex Neil on 3 June 2015 and its news release of 9 June 2015, Scottish Government signals planning modernisation, what particular areas it proposes to reform and what evidence base will inform the proposals.

Question reference: S4W-26754

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many babies have been born in each year since 2007-08, also broken down by (a) NHS board, (b) hospital and (c) home birth.

Question reference: S4W-26752

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) midwife- and (b) consultant-led maternity units there are in each NHS board, broken down by hospital.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Consultant Led

Midwife Led

Ayrshire Maternity Unit

Crosshouse

Arran War Memorial

Midwifery Led Unit Crosshouse

NHS Borders

Consultant Led

Borders General Melrose

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Cresswell Maternity Wing, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, Dumfries	Clenoch Birthing Centre, Galloway Community Hospital, Stranraer

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Princess Royal	Royal Alexandra Paisley Community Unit
Southern General	Inverclyde Royal Greenock
Royal Alexandra Paisley	Vale of Leven Alexandria

NHS Lanarkshire

Consultant Led

Wishaw General

NHS Lothian

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Simpson Centre, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh	Simpson Centre Birthing Centre
St John’s Hospital Livingston

NHS Fife

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy	Victoria Hospital Kirkcaldy

NHS Forth Valley

Consultant Led

Forth Valley Royal Hospital

NHS Tayside

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Ninewells, Dundee	Perth Community Maternity Unit (CMU)
	Montrose Infirmary CMU
	Arbroath Infirmary CMU
	Dundee Midwifery Unit (alongside)

NHS Grampian

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Aberdeen Royal Maternity	Peterhead Community Hospital
Dr Gray’s Elgin

NHS Highland

Consultant Led	Midwifery Unit
Raigmore Inverness	Dunoon and District Hospitals
Caithness General Wick	Victoria Hospital Rothesay
	Mid Argyll Hospital Lochgilphead
	Belford Hospital Fort William
	Campbeltown Hospital
	Lorn and Islands Hospital, Oban
	Islay Hospital
	Dr MacKinnon Memorial Hospital Skye

NHS Orkney

Midwife Led Unit

Balfour Hospital Orkney

NHS Shetland

GP/Midwife Led

Shetland Maternity Unit

NHS Western Isles

Consultant Led	Midwife Led
Western Isles Hospital, Stornoway	Uist and Barra Benbecula
	Barra Community Hospital

Question reference: S4W-26463

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed its proposed changes to the model for design-build-finance-maintain projects with (a) the Office for National Statistics and (b) Eurostat.

Question reference: S4W-26459

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government from whom it has sought advice on the proposed new private sector charity that will be part of future design-build-finance-maintain capital projects and at what cost.

Question reference: S4W-26443

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the construction of (a) Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School, (b) the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre, (c) the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, (d) the Dumfries and Galloway Infirmary and (e) the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has been delayed and what the (i) length and (ii) cost of the delay is.

Our Lady and St Patricks High School and the North West Edinburgh Partnership Centre projects have each had project specific issues to resolve as well as further consideration of the implications of the review by the Office of National Statistics of the classification of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. Until these projects reach financial close it is too early to confirm what any cost impact would be.

The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route projects have not incurred any delay as a result of Eurostat issues and are all contracted to be completed within earlier cost estimates.

Question reference: S4W-26455

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the consequence of the changes to the Eurostat designation of capital projects is that a greater percentage of each capital project has to be seen as private sector for it to be deemed off balance sheet.

Scottish Ministers have authorised the Scottish Futures Trust to take forward changes to the structure of the hub programme of infrastructure projects which reduce the public sector shareholding in the entities set up to deliver individual projects, having considered the implications of the latest changes to Eurostat guidance on the factors that influence classification outcomes. An update was provided to the Finance Committee on 1 June and again on 19 June 2015.

Question reference: S4W-26457

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Futures Trust's revised structure for design-build-finance-maintain projects halves the public sector share of the project from 40% to 20% and, if so, for what reason.

Question reference: S4W-26471

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 July 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 July 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it will finance the new Clydebank Health Centre; when the project will (a) start and (b) be completed, and how much public sector capital will be involved.