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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 29 November 2024
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Question reference: S3W-15689

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how much capital funding has been committed to projects by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde for (a) 2008-09 and (b) the next three financial years.

Question reference: S3W-15798

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14362 by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 July 2008, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will now comment on whether she considers (a) the employment of one infection control nurse covering all infection monitoring at the Vale of Leven Hospital to be sufficient and (b) that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde should increase the number of people in the infection control team based at the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15686

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) new capital funding is available and (b) what capital funding has already been planned for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 for the Vale of Leven Hospital.

Question reference: S3W-15491

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14337 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 July 2008, what action was taken by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing following interim reports on the outbreak of Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital on 13 and 17 June 2008.

Question reference: S3W-15571

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether NHS Quality Improvement Scotland carried out a follow-up inspection after its report in May 2005 showing that NHS Argyll and Clyde had not met approximately 40 of the 69 criteria for hospital-acquired infections.

Question reference: S3W-15470

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ambulance demand and performance was for the Vale of Leven for 2007-08 against national targets for (a) category A, (b) category B and (c) urgent calls.

Question reference: S3W-15495

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing on 7 August 2008 of her gratitude to the bereaved families for their open and constructive contribution to the work of the review team, whether she will now ensure that the 21 freedom of information requests relating to the outbreak of Clostridium difficile at Vale of Leven Hospital are fully answered.

Question reference: S3W-15604

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether annual reports from the Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force to the Chief Medical Officer and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing are published.

Question reference: S3W-15579

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether infection control managers report directly to the Chief Executive of NHS Scotland.

Question reference: S3W-15590

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 15 August 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 September 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether all deaths from Clostridium difficile should be reported to the Procurator Fiscal as a matter of routine.