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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-05288

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of Scottish children qualifying for healthy start vitamins actually take up the benefit.

I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-05287 on 8 February 2012. The information contained in the management information report received from the Department of Health, does not show, as a separate statistic, the proportion of Scottish children who are eligible for the vitamins and actually take them up. 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/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx

Question reference: S4W-05287

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the uptake rate is for Scottish (a) women and (b) children who qualify for vitamins under the healthy start scheme.

Based on the Management Information report received from the Department of Health for the reporting period (21 November to 15 December 2011) there were 50,294 Scottish beneficiaries eligible under the scheme and 38,625 receiving the benefit. This represents an uptake rate of 77%. The information contained in this report does not include data relating to pregnant women aged under 18 nor does it show, as a separate statistic, the uptake rate for Scottish children.

Question reference: S4W-05148

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how much new money it has allocated to the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund, as referred to on page 38 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13, and what period the money will cover.

Question reference: S4W-05150

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund has already been allocated and how much remains available.

The Scottish Government contribution to the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund is £50 million over the Parliamentary term. Of that £50 million, £12m has been allocated. This comprises £1.5 million per year over the next three years to establish a Communities and Families Fund. £1 million per year over the next three years to support free play opportunities and quality play spaces; and £1.5 million per year over the next three years for additional early learning, childcare and parental support for looked after two year olds.

Question reference: S4W-05151

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the remainder of the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund total of £270 million will come from existing NHS and local authority budgets and whether the successive year allocations of £20, £45 and £50 million referred to on page 59 of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 will come from this £270 million.

Question reference: S4W-05149

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the additional money for the Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund is in addition to the Sure Start Fund referred to on page viii of the Scottish Spending Review 2011 and Draft Budget 2012-13 and how much, over what period, has been allocated to the Sure Start Fund.

Question reference: S4W-04832

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-04235 by John Swinney on 7 December 2011, for what reason no record of relocation of jobs is held centrally; whether information is held centrally on the relocation of public bodies, and, if so, how many have been relocated since January 2008 and to where.

Question reference: S4W-04950

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what legal mechanisms would establish the need for a project listed in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 where the primary project consent required is not a planning consent.

Question reference: S4W-04951

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive under what circumstances consideration of need could be excluded from the remit of a public local inquiry into a proposed project where the primary project consent is not a planning consent.

Question reference: S4W-04952

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 24 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the need for a project listed in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 can be established where the primary consent for a project is made under legislation that is reserved and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.