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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-26906

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money will be available in the resilience fund for the third sector.

Question reference: S3W-26905

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria must be met in order to receive assistance from the resilience fund for the third sector.

Question reference: S3W-26904

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the overall aim is of its resilience fund for the third sector.

A roundtable discussion took place on the 14 April 2009 in St Andrews House, where ministers discussed with third sector leaders how the sector is responding to the downturn, its longer term resilience, and how to ensure the maximum alignment between government, the third sector, local authorities and other public bodies, in both weathering the downturn and making the most of the emerging opportunities.

Scottish ministers considered carefully the issues emerging from the roundtable discussion, and have agreed a set of actions to take forward the key issues. (The agreed set of actions can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/15300/ProposedActions).

The Scottish Government is currently developing with it''s third sector partners a Resilience Fund for third sector organisations providing front line services that have been affected by the recession, through either seeing an increased demand for their services or experiencing cash flow difficulties.

Funding of £1.6 million to £1.7 million will be available and it is intended would be targeted at third sector organisations who can clearly demonstrate, and describe, how a shock caused by the recession has led to increased demand or significantly undermined their services.

An announcement about the parameters for the fund will be made soon.

Question reference: S3W-26907

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the resilience fund for the third sector will fund core frontline services.

Question reference: S3W-26908

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will avoid the resilience fund for the third sector displacing the loss of public sector funding.

Question reference: S3W-26810

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made to the eligibility criteria for student bursaries and loans from the Students Awards Agency for Scotland and when these changes were made.

Question reference: S3W-26439

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it anticipates that the public inquiry into Clostridium difficile will now commence.

Question reference: S3W-26441

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the terms of reference for the public inquiry into Clostridium difficile will be sufficiently wide to enable consideration of the actions of all agencies, including government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies in tackling Clostridium difficile.

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26914 on 4 September 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/business/PQA/Default.aspx.

It will be for the Chair of the Inquiry to determine who is called to give evidence in line with the Inquiries Act 2005.

Question reference: S3W-26440

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the terms of reference for the public inquiry into Clostridium difficile will be sufficiently wide to enable consideration of the incidence of Clostridium difficile at hospitals across Scotland, while maintaining the focus on the Vale of Leven hospital outbreak.

Question reference: S3W-26442

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 August 2009
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 September 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage the new chair of the public inquiry into Clostridium difficile to meet with the families of those affected by the outbreak at the Vale of Leven hospital before determining, with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, the terms of reference of the public inquiry.

Lord Coulsfield met with the Vale of Leven families and relatives affected by the C Difficile outbreak on 12 June to listen to their views and concerns. These issues featured in discussions between Lord Coulsfield and the Cabinet Secretary on the terms of reference and have also been reflected in discussions with Lord MacLean.

Lord MacLean has indicated that he would also like to meet with the families and relatives as soon as practicable and I expect him to do so in the near future.