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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: S3W-16288

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will be independent of the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S3W-16284

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the specific responsibilities of the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-16285

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will report.

Question reference: S3W-16292

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing intends to announce to the Parliament that she is establishing “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008.

Question reference: S3W-16291

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will interface with the current self assessment of healthcare associated infection standards by NHS boards.

Question reference: S3W-16280

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Task Force has developed an HAI monitoring framework with key performance indicators and, if so, when it was implemented.

Question reference: S3W-16290

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will monitor the implementation of all healthcare associated infection standards in hospitals.

Question reference: S3W-16287

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will monitor.

Question reference: S3W-16286

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when the “bug busters” teams that are to inspect hospitals for cleanliness, as reported in Scotland on Sunday on 14 September 2008, will be operational.

Question reference: S3W-16132

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 September 2008
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive when the awards for the Scotland Rural Development Programme grant will be announced.

The Scotland Rural Development Programme is being delivered through eight different funding mechanisms, some of which, including the Food Processing, Marketing and Co-operation (FPMC), have already made announcements regarding the award of grants.

The most recent of these announcements, on Thursday 11 September, gave the results of the first assessment round for the new Rural Development Contracts “ Rural Priorities (Rural Priorities).

The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment announced that 81 proposals had been approved, in full or in part, and would share £5.9 million of funding.

The next assessment round for Rural Priorities is scheduled to take place in October this year and the results will be announced shortly thereafter.