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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: S5O-03334

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Fife Council’s call for an independent inquiry into the Mossmorran petrochemical plant.

Question reference: S5O-03296

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on out-of-hours urgent care in Fife.

Question reference: S5W-22713

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 1 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a table showing the latest (a) available General Fund Reserve Funds held by each local authority and the equivalent in real terms at the end of the financial year 2006-07 and (b) General Fund Reserve Funds as a percentage of its grant to each local authority and the equivalent figure at the end of the financial year 2006-07.

Please find the information requested in the following table.

Local Authority	General Fund Reserve as at 31 March 2007 (Real terms)	General Fund Reserve as at 31 March 2018	General Fund Reserve as a % of Total Funding by SG in 2006-07	General Fund Reserve as a % of Total Funding by SG in 2017-18
	(£ millions)	(£ millions)
Aberdeen City	18	41	5%	11%
Aberdeenshire	21	33	5%	7%
Angus	20	27	9%	13%
Argyll & Bute	31	50	13%	24%
Clackmannanshire	4	10	4%	10%
Dumfries & Galloway	36	50	11%	16%
Dundee City	10	14	3%	4%
East Ayrshire	25	40	10%	16%
East Dunbartonshire	8	17	4%	9%
East Lothian	7	17	4%	9%
East Renfrewshire	9	26	5%	14%
Edinburgh, City of	23	151	3%	19%
Eilean Siar	13	22	9%	21%
Falkirk	22	22	8%	8%
Fife	12	51	2%	8%
Glasgow City	14	49	1%	4%
Highland	37	25	7%	5%
Inverclyde	21	41	11%	24%
Midlothian	12	11	7%	7%
Moray	15	19	8%	11%
North Ayrshire	13	33	5%	11%
North Lanarkshire	20	45	3%	7%
Orkney Islands	20	15	26%	20%
Perth & Kinross	35	51	13%	19%
Renfrewshire	25	45	7%	14%
Scottish Borders	18	20	8%	9%
Shetland Islands	0	48	0%	55%
South Ayrshire	-1	28	0%	13%
South Lanarkshire	5	71	1%	12%
Stirling	8	27	5%	15%
West Dunbartonshire	4	11	2%	6%
West Lothian	5	24	2%	7%
All Local Authorities	511	1,135	5%	11%
Sources: General Fund Reserve figures taken from LFR A0; Total Funding by SG calculated as the sum of funding specified in the RSG Order, NDRI Order, Specific Grants Order and the Capital Circular for the relevant years.

Question reference: S5O-03155

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the operation of the Developing the Young Workforce programme in Fife.

Question reference: S5W-22502

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of (a) hospital consultants, (b) GPs, (c) dentists and (d) all NHS staff per 100,000 people in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales.

NHS ISD collate statistics on the number of hospital consultants, GP's, dentists and all NHS staff for NHS Scotland only. Statistics on the number of hospital consultants, GP's, dentists and all NHS staff for England and Wales are collected by NHS Digital and StatsWales respectively.

a) According to the latest available published information, the number of hospital consultants in Scotland per 100,000 population is 101 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 86 WTE in England and 81 WTE in Wales.

b) According to the latest available published information, the number of GP’s in Scotland per 100,000 population is 92 (headcount), compared to 73 (headcount) in England and 70 (headcount) in Wales.

c) According to the latest available published information, the number of dentists in Scotland per 100,000 population is 68 (headcount), compared to 44 (headcount) in England and 47 (headcount) in Wales.

d) According to the latest available published information, the number of all NHS staff in Scotland per 100,000 population is 2,594 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 1,952 WTE in England and 2,493 WTE in Wales.

Question reference: S5W-22501

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of qualified nurses and midwives per 100,000 people in (a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales.

NHS ISD collate statistics on the number of qualified nurses and midwives per 100,000 population for NHS Scotland only. Statistics on the number of qualified nurses and midwives for England and Wales are collected by NHS Digital and StatsWales respectively.

According to the latest available published information, the number of qualified midwives in Scotland per 100,000 population is 45 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 39 WTE in England and 43 WTE in Wales.

According to the latest available published information, the number of qualified nurses in Scotland per 100,000 population is 771 WTE (whole or full-time equivalent), compared to 518 WTE in England and 688 WTE in Wales.

Question reference: S5O-03142

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes tourism in the Cowdenbeath constituency.

Question reference: S5O-03001

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the operation of the town centre fund.

Question reference: S5W-21860

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ben Macpherson on 28 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population established in October 2018.

The Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population has completed work in response to my initial commission that they investigate the impact of migration policy changes on areas of devolved responsibility in Scotland, and I have received their report. I am publishing that report today, and it will be available online at http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781787815599 . I will be making a Ministerial Statement in the Chamber this afternoon.

Question reference: S5O-02949

Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the SEPA/HSE report regarding the Mossmorran petrochemical plant.