- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Lanarkshire has paid each year toward its service-level agreement with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with regard to the NHS Centre for Integrative Care.
Answer
It is for local NHS boards to plan and provide services to meet the needs of its local population. Boards will often work together and agree to provide specialist and complementary services under a formal service level agreement. Information in relation to specific service level agreements will be available from the relevant health boards.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2016
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the board paying toward a service-level agreement to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for such referrals, what its position is on NHS Lanarkshire's reported decision not to support applications to refer some patients to the NHS Centre for Integrative Care or its outreach clinics in Coatbridge and Carluke.
Answer
The Scottish Government recognises that complementary and alternative medicines/therapies (CAMs), like those provided by the Centre for Integrative Care and elsewhere, may offer relief to some people suffering from a wide variety of conditions. It is, however, for individual NHS boards to decide which CAMs they make available (either locally or via referral) to their patients based on the assessed needs of their resident populations and in line with national guidance.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 February 2016
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the named person scheme in light of recent reports that the Scottish Public Sector Ombudsman has raised concerns.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 1 March 2016
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether numbering criminal allegations against police officers in the Centurion system is a contravention of Part (b) of section 34(3) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006, and of Part (a) and (b) if the allegation were to be made by a serving police officer.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-29082 on 12 January 2016. 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.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Centurion system for numbering criminal allegations against police officers compared with how criminal allegations against ordinary members of the public are dealt with.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-29082 on 12 January 2016. 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.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether and, if so, for what reason only police officers are subject to the Centurion system for numbering criminal allegations and when the Scottish Government became aware of this process.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-29082 on 12 January 2016. 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.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the Centurion system of numbering criminal allegations against police officers is used for.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Police Scotland.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 7 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met representatives of the RMT to discuss the industrial dispute with Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited.
Answer
Ministers last met with RMT on 24 November 2015 and the industrial dispute with Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited was discussed.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that any payment to Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited for revenue lost due to industrial action is compliant with schedule 8.3.1 of the Caledonian Sleeper Franchise Agreement.
Answer
There has been no request for payment of this kind. Any future request will be considered in the relevant terms of the Caledonian Sleeper Franchise Agreement, and in the context of the process, including the involvement of the relevant trade union, agreed as part of the franchise.
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2015
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Current Status:
Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is indemnified against losses incurred by delays to the schedule for introducing new rolling stock on Caledonian Sleeper services in 2018.
Answer
Delivery of new rolling stock is a committed obligation, detailed at schedule 1.6 of the Caledonian Sleeper Franchise Agreement. In the event of delay, payment adjustments will be levied against Serco Caledonian Sleepers Limited.