Questions and answers

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

Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.

Question reference: S3W-33651

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing is aware of the content of the workforce planning projections for 2010-11 submitted to the Scottish Government by NHS boards by 30 April 2010.

Question reference: S3W-33640

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many new posts were created in the NHS between May 2007 and 1 April 2010.

Question reference: S3W-33643

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it projects will be employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2011.

Question reference: S3W-33636

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many press, media or communications staff were employed in each territorial and special NHS board in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09 and (e) 2009-10 and at what cost.

Question reference: S3W-33642

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what category of posts make up the 10,000 additional jobs in the NHS that the Scottish Government reports that there have been since May 2007.

Question reference: S3W-33637

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many press, media or communications staff will be employed in each territorial and special NHS board in 2010-11 and at what cost.

Question reference: S3W-33647

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it advised NHS boards that workforce planning projections would no longer be required before its Health Directorate issued a letter to the boards on 9 April 2010 requesting such projections.

Question reference: S3W-33641

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were employed in the NHS as of 1 April 2010.

Question reference: S3W-33665

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding will be set aside for voluntary severance payments in the NHS in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

Question reference: S3W-33664

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 17 May 2010
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 June 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs will be lost in each NHS board through voluntary severance in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 and how this will be funded.

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