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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: S5W-12563

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of its research on the illegal puppy trade and what motivates buyers to use illegal sources.

Question reference: S5O-01475

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Shelter Scotland's appeal to alleviate homelessness.

Question reference: S5W-12103

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many bed days resulted from emergency hospital admissions for people with (a) multiple sclerosis, (b) motor neurone disease, (c) Parkinson's disease and (d) Huntington's disease in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board, and what the total cost of this was to the NHS in each of those years.

Question reference: S5W-12102

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the work plan is of the National Advisory Committee on Neurological Conditions.

Question reference: S5W-12100

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost of care is to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities of people with neurological conditions.

(a) The ISD Scotland National Statistical Release, Scottish Health Service Costs, published 22 November 2016, includes information on health service costs at a specialty level.

This data shows that NHS Scotland spends £56,518,000 on neurology services. These costs reflect only the costs of care given in neurology ward or clinics. It is not possible to provide the total costs of care for people with neurological conditions as the costs will go against the service used eg A&E; orthopaedics etc.

(b) This information is not held centrally.

Question reference: S5W-12101

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has received from the National Advisory Committee on Neurological Conditions since it was established in 2016, and what action it has taken as a result.

The National Advisory Committee for Neurological Conditions (NACNC) has given advice to Scottish Government on various matters including, but not limited to, the Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s (HIS) Review of Neurological Standards; the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027; Neurophysiology services; NHS inform website; statistical information on prevalence of neurological conditions.

This advice has been taken under consideration and has been fed into other workstreams as appropriate.

Question reference: S5W-12058

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on Glasgow City Council issuing advice to head teachers to use the Pupil Equity Fund to pay for janitorial services; whether the local authority sought advice from it regarding this and, if so, what advice it provided.

Pupil Equity Funding provides £120m of additional support to thousands of schools across Scotland to be spent at the discretion of teachers and school leaders.

Any school staying open beyond school hours for attainment-related purposes would require to have the appropriate in staff support in place. As outlined in the Pupil Equity Fund national operational guidance, any school plans for using Pupil Equity Funding must be grounded in evidence of what is known to be effective at closing the poverty related attainment gap. Local authorities can also issue complementary guidance about how the funding will operate locally. Glasgow City Council have not sought advice from the Scottish Government on this issue.

Question reference: S5O-01379

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the cabinet secretary for communities has held with Glasgow City Council regarding its budget allocation.

Question reference: S5W-10990

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) families with children and (b) pregnant women have lived in B&B temporary accommodation in Glasgow in each year since 2007.

Information on the number of homeless people who have used temporary accommodation throughout the course of each year is not currently available.

Information is collected on whether a household contains dependent children or a pregnant woman (although this category cannot be split into the two component parts) and whether the temporary accommodation is a B&B. The following table provides a count of the number of these households in the Glasgow local authority area as at the 31^st March each year since 2007.

At 31st March	Number of households with dependent children or a pregnant household member in B&B Temporary Accommodation in Glasgow
2007	7
2008	7
2009	1
2010	1
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	0
2015	1
2016	8
2017	2

Source Scottish Government HL2 Temporary Accommodation Dataset as at 23 May 2017

Question reference: S5W-10991

Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 September 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many children in Glasgow have lived in temporary accommodation in each year since 2007.

Information on the number of homeless adults and children who have lived in temporary accommodation throughout the course of each year is not currently available.

The Scottish Government collects temporary accommodation information from local authorities in the HL2 form which provides information, on a snapshot basis, on the number of households in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter. Information is collected on the number of dependent children living within these households. The following table provides a count of children in Temporary Accommodation in the Glasgow local authority area as at the 31st March each year since 2007.

At 31st March	Number of children in Temporary Accommodation in Glasgow
2007	1,302
2008	2,549
2009	1,814
2010	1,670
2011	1,505
2012	1,363
2013	1,232
2014	998
2015	1,200
2016	1,391
2017	1,602

Source Scottish Government HL2 Temporary Accommodation Dataset as at 23 May 2017