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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)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-18646

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde patients were attended by medical staff when the clinical notes were unavailable during the IT failure of 1 October 2013.

Question reference: S4W-18644

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde will publish its information security management system documentation.

Question reference: S4W-18648

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether all the information actualisation/processing caused by the IT failure at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde of 1 October 2013 has been completed.

Question reference: S4W-18638

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 12 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the IT failure at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, whether (a) domain name system requests had been failing from 26 September 2013 and (b) new web filter software had been brought online on the day of the failure and, if so, for what reason this is not mentioned in the report, Technical Assurance Review: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde: Critical Incident - 1 October 2013.

Question reference: S4W-18690

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether the implementation plans produced by NHS boards for Neonatal Care in Scotland: a Quality Framework will be made public and, if so, in what form.

The new Local Delivery Plan format, focusing on the 12 priority areas for action in the Routemap to the 2020 Vision for Health and Social Care, will give NHS boards the opportunity to set out the action they are taking to implement Neonatal Care in Scotland: A Quality Framework.

Considerable progress has already been made, with the vast majority of statements in Neonatal Care in Scotland: A Quality Framework already being met, and full implementation taking place over the next five to 10 years.

Question reference: S4W-18691

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how regularly it will meet (a) NHS boards and (b) managed clinical networks to discuss progress toward implementing Neonatal Care in Scotland: a Quality Framework.

Discussions with NHS boards and managed clinical networks are underway to determine what the process will be for monitoring the implementation of Neonatal Care in Scotland: A Quality Framework. Once agreed with Ministers, the governance process will form part of this discussion.

Question reference: S4T-00540

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle alcohol misuse.

Question reference: S4W-18287

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many companies are registered (a) green deal assessors, (b) green deal installers and (c) both.

Question reference: S4W-18289

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what qualifications a green deal assessor is required to have.

To become a Green Deal Assessor you must:

Be certified by a Green Deal Certification Body against the Green Deal Assessor Specification

Comply with the Green Deal Code of Practice

Be listed on the Green Deal Participant Register

More information on the qualification requirements for a Green Deal Assessor can be found on the UK Government website at the following link:

http://gdorb.decc.gov.uk/assessors/become-a-green-deal-assessor.

Question reference: S4W-18290

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 November 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the PAS2030 requirements are for a green deal installer.

PAS 2031:2012 requires both the installation service process evaluation (desk based assessment) and installation service delivery evaluation (on-site assessment) to take place in order for an accredited Green Deal certificate to be issued to an applicant installer, in line with the requirements of BS EN 45011 standard.

Certification requirements will vary depending on the applicants existing qualifications, experience and size of their organisation.

Further information on the PAS 2030 requirements for a Green Deal Installer can be found at the following link:

http://gdorb.decc.gov.uk/installers/installer-guidance.