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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-01751

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 31 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many bodies in the voluntary sector that carry out an advocacy role are funded by it and its agencies.

A number of third sector organisations funded by the Scottish Government and its agencies will have some form of advocacy role in support of their members and the communities they serve. This aspect of their work may or may not be covered in their grant relationship and it is therefore not possible to offer definitive numbers.

The Scottish Government recognises that advocacy services play an important part in ensuring that the rights of vulnerable people are safeguarded and that their needs are met.

This is why the Scottish Government funds the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance (SIAA) for £177,000 per year. SIAA is a membership organisation made up of local independent and non-independent advocacy organisations, voluntary sector organisations, statutory agencies and other interested parties. It is responsible for promoting, supporting and defending independent advocacy in Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-14035

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 January 2018

To ask the Scottish Government which bus operators in Glasgow ministers have met since May 2016; when the meetings took place; who was present, and what issues were discussed at each meeting.

Question reference: S5W-13151

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the review of the Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.

Question reference: S5W-13152

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how it is progressing the proposal to develop a centralised UK-wide microchipping database, as recommended in its paper, Scoping Research on the Sourcing of Pet Dogs from Illegal Importation and Puppy Farms 2016-2017.

The Scottish Government will consider the proposals from the Scoping Research on the Sourcing of Pet Dogs from Illegal Importation and Puppy Farms 2016-2017 as it brings forward improvements to animal welfare in Scotland.

The Microchipping of Dogs (Scotland) Regulations 2016 already require that database operators provide reasonable information to a person authorised by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority. In addition, database operators commonly share information to allow owners to be traced across the UK.

Question reference: S5O-01610

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5O-01574

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures published in the Scottish OHCA Data Linkage Project, which suggest that people living in the most deprived areas are 43% less likely to survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest than those in more affluent areas.

Question reference: S5W-12696

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12100 by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017, for what reason it does not use the Scottish Primary Care Information Resource or the NHS ISD Health and Social Care Data Integration and Intelligence Project to calculate the cost to the NHS and local authorities of providing care for people with neurological conditions, and whether it will now do so.

At present it is not possible to use the data sources mentioned to respond to the cost of specific conditions.

The Scottish Primary Care Information Resource (SPIRE) is a recent development to enable the use of data from general practice. SPIRE does not capture financial information so cannot be used to calculate the costs of providing care for people with neurological conditions in primary care.

The NHS ISD Health and Social Care Data Integration and Intelligence Project (now called NHS Source) incorporates developmental work on estimated costs per patient for hospital activity and community prescribing. This costing methodology also draws on specialty cost information from the ISD Scottish Health Service Costs Book but also takes account of other costs (such as theatre time, high cost items, overhead costs and pharmacy costs). Progress on this methodology is being done incrementally and, although work has been done on some health conditions, it has not been carried out specifically for people with neurological conditions.

With respect to local authorities there is no information collected in either SPIRE or NHS Source that would enable the cost of providing care for people with neurological conditions to be calculated.

Question reference: S5W-12635

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 22 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when the homelessness and rough sleeping action group will report to ministers, and by what date it will publish the findings.

The Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group has already been working hard on its first objective of minimising rough sleeping this winter. The Action Group are scheduled to meet on 22 November to finalise its recommendations around this objective and we expect the details of those recommendations subsequently. The Action Group will then focus on its other questions on ending rough sleeping, transforming temporary accommodation and ending homelessness.

Details of the Action Group meetings can be found on the Scottish Government Website at https://beta.gov.scot/groups/homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-action-group/. This includes the Action Group’s Terms of Reference which state recommendations for Question 1 will be set out by November 2017; Question 2 by early 2018; Question 3 by early Spring 2018 and Question 4 by late Spring 2018.

Question reference: S5W-12562

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government in light of the responses to the consultation on the Review of The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011, whether it will hold discussions with the Welsh Government and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) regarding the next steps of the post-implementation review.

Question reference: S5W-12646

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received from the leader of Glasgow City Council regarding the city's budget allocation, and whether these have called for an increase in the amount allocated.

I met with Glasgow City Council Leader, Councillor Susan Aitken, on 8 August and we discussed a range of issues including the Council's current and future funding allocations. This year Glasgow City Council were able to increase their spending power to support local authority services by £45 million or 3.4 per cent and I will announce the 2018-19 local government finance settlement as part of my Budget announcement next month.