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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: S3W-27340

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the actual underspend for 2008-09 combined with the unallocated end-year flexibility from previous years is sufficient to fully cover the £128.6 million reduction in NHS capital spend for 2010-11.

Question reference: S3W-27339

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the end-year flexibility drawn down for 2010-11 with HM Treasury’s agreement has been allocated as part of the Scottish Budget Spending Review 2007 and how much remains to be allocated.

Chapter one of the Spending Review 2007 document published in November 2007 set out the use of the £874 million of end-year flexibility (EYF) across the three years as £300/400/174 million. The last published EYF balance in July 2009 was £670 million which will reduce by the agreed drawdown of £400 million and £174 million in 2009-10 and 2010-11 respectively to leave a balance of £96 million. HM Treasury has agreed that this balance and any subsequent EYF generated in 2009-10 can be drawn down to offset the reduction of £128.6 million in the Scottish Government''s capital budget in 2010-11.

Question reference: S3W-27591

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the timescale for completion of the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry will be flexible.

Question reference: S3W-27595

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether antimicrobial prescribing policies apply to care homes.

Question reference: S3W-27590

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive where the Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry will be held.

Question reference: S3W-27593

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been incidents or outbreaks of Clostridium difficile in care homes that have been investigated by the Care Commission.

The Care Commission is responsible for ensuring that care homes meet the legislative requirement to have appropriate procedures for the control of infections. Care homes are required to notify the commission of any outbreaks of infectious diseases that occur, and the commission will follow up on cleanliness, hygiene and infection control measures in care homes if it has concerns.

How that follow-up is carried out, and the number of times the commission has followed up concerns about infection control, are operational matters for the Care Commission. Details can be obtained from the Chief Executive:

Mrs Jacquie Roberts, Chief Executive, Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care, Compass House, 11 Riverside Drive, Dundee, DD1 4NY, telephone: 0845 603 0890, email:

Jacquie.roberts@carecommission.com.

Question reference: S3W-27592

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the responses to the consultation on the proposed Healthcare Environment Inspectorate, rather than a summary of responses.

Question reference: S3W-27334

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what is included in the £496 million reduction in the planned departmental expenditure limit budget for 2010-11 apart from the £391.7 million in efficiency savings, £128.6 million reduction in NHS capital spend and the budget consequentials of £24.7 million.

Question reference: S3W-27335

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) provisional and (b) actual budget outturns were for the departmental expenditure limit for (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09.

Question reference: S3W-27333

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the figure of a £496 million reduction in the planned departmental expenditure limit budget for 2010-11 quoted by ministers includes the pre-Budget report consequentials of £5.2 million.