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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: S5O-03418

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it will evaluate the delivery of the alcohol and drug treatment strategy, Rights, Respect and Recovery.

Question reference: S5O-03387

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on glass recycling rates of including glass containers in its planned deposit return scheme.

Question reference: S5W-22270

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many baby boxes each NHS board has delivered.

NHS boards are not responsible for the delivery of Baby Boxes, rather they facilitate the registration of pregnant women for the Boxes via midwife appointments. The Scottish Government employs a managing agent, APS Group (Scotland), to assemble, pack and distribute Baby Boxes across the whole of Scotland.

Please see the following table that details distribution of Scotland’s Baby Boxes by Health Board from the beginning of the policy until 17 March 2019.

Baby Boxes Delivered by Health Board – 19-6-17 – 17-3-19

Health Board	Boxes Delivered
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	4825
NHS Borders	1521
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	1916
NHS Fife	5212
NHS Forth Valley	4173
NHS Grampian	9153
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	20244
NHS Highland	3916
NHS Lanarkshire	9032
NHS Lothian	14193
NHS Orkney	280
NHS Shetland	335
NHS Tayside	5778
NHS Western Isles	295
Total	80873

Question reference: S5O-03095

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that leaving the EU will have on the food and drink industry.

Question reference: S5O-03044

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the take up is of the credit union payroll deduction.

Question reference: S5O-02997

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that social housing is affordable to tenants.

Question reference: S5O-02919

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Social Security Scotland has a diverse workforce reflective of society.

Question reference: S5O-02734

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure inclusive growth in Ayrshire.

Question reference: S5W-20209

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when its new drug and alcohol strategy will be published.

I will be publishing the Scottish Government’s new drug and alcohol strategy Rights, Respect and Recovery, on Wednesday 28 November.

The document is the overarching strategy for prevention and treatment of alcohol and drugs and sets out how we intend to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug use, harm and related deaths.

Sitting alongside the Alcohol Framework for preventing harm which was published last week (20 November), this document describes how we will achieve our vision which is to have a country where individuals, families and communities:

Have the right to health and life – free from the harms of alcohol and drugs
Are treated with dignity and respect
And are fully supported within communities to find their own type of recovery

The strategy contains a number of high level commitments and we will work with partners to coproduce a clear action plan and review progress on a regular basis.

The strategy will be available at www.gov.scot/isbn/9781787810747.

Question reference: S5W-19772

Asked by: Ruth Maguire, MSP for Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 14 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has with the UN regarding poverty and human rights.

Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, visited Scotland on 8 and 9 November 2018 and held meetings with the First Minister, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government and myself. He also held two roundtable meetings with Scottish Government officials, covering social security and the benefits system, and human rights and tackling poverty. Professor Alston’s wider programme included meetings with civil society representatives and members of the Scottish Parliament Equalities and Human Rights Committee.

Scotland’s record in implementing civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights is examined on a cyclical basis under the seven UN human rights treaties to which the UK is a party, as well as through the Universal Periodic Review process coordinated by the UN Human Rights Council. All human rights are interrelated and interdependent, and poverty is an important cross-cutting theme that is relevant across all human rights treaties. Recent Scottish Government position statements and further background information can be found at: https://www.gov.scot/policies/human-rights/our-international-obligations/ .