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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-02089

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available for the provision, maintenance and use of hyperbaric chambers over the next three years, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S4W-02088

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how funding provided for the provision, maintenance and use of hyperbaric chambers is agreed and what this covers.

National Services Division commissions the National Hyperbaric Medicine Unit in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary as a nationally designated service to provide and co-ordinate emergency treatment and advice in Scotland for diving related illness. The national service also operates the Hyperbaric National Registration Service which recognises chambers that meet specific criteria to treat patients with Diving Decompression Illness on an emergency basis. Chambers need to apply to be part of the National Registration Service. The Hyperbaric National Registration Service currently recognises three independent chambers in Scotland, based in Orkney, Oban and Millport.

The Aberdeen service receives nationally designated funding (top sliced from NHS boards based on the NHSScotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) formula). The three independent chambers invoice each NHS board for treatment of divers with diving related illness on a cost per case basis but also receive funding from public organisations to support their infrastructure as set out in the answer to question S4W-02086 on 30 August 2011.

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-02163

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 12 August 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the difference between the figures provided in the Drug and Alcohol Delivery Bulletin of March (£70.6 million) and July 2011 (£65.6 million) in respect of allocations for supporting recovery-focussed frontline drug services and tackling the wider health and social issues associated with alcohol misuse.

The figure for alcohol quoted in the march bulletin represents the total budget for tackling alcohol misuse in 2011-12 (£42 million).

The figure quoted in the july bulletin for alcohol represents the funding allocated to NHS boards in 2011-12 to deliver local services in line with the priorities determined by their local Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships (£37 million).

The figure for drugs quoted in both bulletins reflect the allocation to NHS boards in 2011-12 (£28.6 million). The total funding for tackling drugs in 2011-12 is £31.9 million.

Question reference: S4W-01421

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for registration is with a NHS dentist in (a) Scotland and (b) Orkney.

Question reference: S4W-01422

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Orkney are entitled to free dental care and, of them, are registered with a NHS dentist.

Question reference: S4W-01423

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Orkney residents are registered with a NHS dentist and, of them, attend for regular dental check-ups.

The following table shows the numbers and rate of NHS registered Orkney residents as at 31 March 2011, and those participating in the General Dental Service over a two year period up to 31st March 2011.

Number of Orkney residents registered	Registration rate (%)	Number of Orkney residents participating	Participation rate (%)
11,597	58.1	8,157	70.3

Source: ISD Scotland

Note:

Participation is defined as a measure of attendance at an NHS dental practice for treatment, registration or other forms of contact within a 2 year period.

Question reference: S4W-01222

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the warm homes fund will operate.

Question reference: S4W-01223

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the warm homes fund will be targeted to benefit the people most affected by fuel poverty.

Question reference: S4W-01221

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its timetable is for introducing the warm homes fund.

Question reference: S4W-00538

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what reminders were sent to students by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland regarding the deadline for applications for payment of tuition fees in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and what the reason is for any difference between these.

(a) In 2009-10 the deadlines for applications were published on the Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) website.

(b) In 2010-11 the deadlines for applications were published on the SAAS website. In addition all continuing students were emailed twice in autumn 2010, to highlight the guarantee date for processing of applications before course commencement and twice in February 2011 to remind them of the deadline for applications. The deadline for applications was also heavily promoted in SAAS literature, by universities and colleges and on the SAAS Facebook and Twitter sites.

The increase in reminders was part of a concerted communications programme designed to encourage students to apply early and to inform them of any changes to the student support package.