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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: S4W-16963

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether members of the Independent Budget Review Panel were considered for appointment to the Independent Expert Commission on Oil and Gas.

Question reference: S4W-16956

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-16521 by John Swinney on 16 August 2013, whether the Independent Expert Commission on Oil and Gas has been asked to consider the Lloyds Banking Group forecast from March 2013.

Question reference: S4W-16959

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of the Independent Expert Commission on Oil and Gas.

Question reference: S4W-16955

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the members of the Independent Expert Commission on Oil and Gas were invited to join the commission.

Question reference: S4W-16957

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed with the members of the Independent Expert Commission on Oil and Gas that it will consider amendments to its plans for independence once it has received the conclusions from the commission’s work.

Question reference: S4F-01584

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-01549

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-16625

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have registered with a community pharmacy to use the Minor Ailment Service in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area.

The following table provides data on Minor Ailment Service (MAS) registrations for the last three years broken down by NHS board area.

NHS Board

Registrations

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	73,220	77,083	82,140
NHS Borders	17,851	19,858	20,136
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	20,377	20,723	20,689
NHS Fife	52,340	57,425	58,356
NHS Forth Valley	40,966	42,610	45,086
NHS Grampian	60,953	70,059	77,640
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	212,890	226,236	238,207
NHS Highland	35,045	36,613	39,302
NHS Lanarkshire	100,447	105,986	110,700
NHS Lothian	120,217	125,558	132,192
NHS Orkney	2,110	2,597	2,472
NHS Shetland	1,867	2,311	2,370
NHS Tayside	51,638	56,941	63,330
NHS Western Isles	588	843	776
Scotland Total	790,509	844,843	893,396

Data source: Prescribing Information System, ISD Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-16626

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have used the Minor Ailment Service provided by community pharmacists in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area.

The number of people who access the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) is not available centrally, however, the number of treatments provided can be found in the following table.

NHS Board

Treatments

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	165,582	178,095	186,502
NHS Borders	38,068	42,162	47,156
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	37,436	37,232	37,547
NHS Fife	86,238	96,540	108,367
NHS Forth Valley	84,930	89,314	91,246
NHS Grampian	115,350	134,660	150,208
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	517,090	579,074	627,443
NHS Highland	71,650	77,776	83,578
NHS Lanarkshire	237,228	268,530	295,547
NHS Lothian	227,600	250,888	267,728
NHS Orkney	5,546	5,802	6,451
NHS Shetland	4,235	5,883	6,072
NHS Tayside	98,941	113,627	126,040
NHS Western Isles	1,304	2,051	1,675
Scotland Total	1,691,198	1,881,634	2,035,560

Data source: Prescribing Information System, ISD Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-16627

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of providing the Minor Ailment Service, broken down by NHS board area.

The following table provides data on the total remuneration and reimbursement costs relating to the Minor Ailment Service (MAS) broken down by NHS board area for 2012-13.

NHS Board	Cost (£s)
	2012-13
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1,612123
NHS Borders	437,629
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	464,581
NHS Fife	1,245,004
NHS Forth Valley	1,004,592
NHS Grampian	1,735,082
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5,041,747
NHS Highland	981,105
NHS Lanarkshire	2,249,549
NHS Lothian	2,792,165
NHS Orkney	58,918
NHS Shetland	59,962
NHS Tayside	1,359,239
NHS Western Isles	30,950
Scotland Total	19,072,653

Data source: Prescribing Information System, ISD Scotland.

Note: Total costs comprise the paid Gross Ingredient Cost (GIC) and Capitation Payments including adjustments.