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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.

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Question reference: S4W-29276

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28956 by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016, if none of the additional £41.6 million being spent on the procurement of the new IT system is as a result of the system failure in October 2015, (a) what the reason is for the additional expenditure and (b) whether it will provide a breakdown of what the additional money is being spent on.

The delay of the implementation of the Future Programme from the original business case until October 2015 cost an additional £41.6 million which is broken down as follows:

Double running of legacy and new system	£11.7 million
Contract costs	£14.3 million
Implementation costs	£8 million
Scope and re-design costs	£7.6 million
Total additional costs	£41.6 million

The delay from October 2015 until the summer of 2016 will add a further £7.6 million of costs to the project. The main reasons for this further increase is additional double running costs and the costs associated with preparing for the 2016 re-launch.

Question reference: S4W-29329

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27023 by Roseanna Cunningham on 26 August 2015, whether it will provide an update on how many modern apprentices in the offshore oil and gas sector have been hired using the Adopt an Apprentice scheme.

Question reference: S4W-29328

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 25 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprentices in the oil and gas sector have been made redundant each year, and what information it has regarding how many subsequently found (a) a new position in the sector, and at what level, (b) a modern apprenticeship elsewhere and (c) other employment or training.

Question reference: S4W-29258

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to apply a total local authority revenue support funding floor in the review period beginning April 2016.

Question reference: S4W-29256

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the average local authority revenue support per capita Aberdeen City Council has received in each year since 2011-12.

Question reference: S4W-29257

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the average local authority revenue support per capita Aberdeen City Council will be given in 2016-17.

Question reference: S4W-28956

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28718 by Shona Robison on 10 December 2015, how much of the additional £41.6 million spent on the procurement of the new IT system for NHS 24 is a direct result of the system failure in October 2015.

Question reference: S4W-28955

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28718 by Shona Robison on 10 December 2015, how much of the money spent on the procurement of the new IT system for NHS 24 was paid to external consultants.

Question reference: S4W-28957

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28718 by Shona Robison on 10 December 2015, how much it has spent on running the old NHS 24 IT system since the new system failed in October 2015 in addition to the £117.4 million that is being spent on the procurement of the new IT system.

Question reference: S4W-28954

Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28719 by Shona Robison on 10 December 2015, on what dates the new IT system for NHS 24 was tested prior to going live and what the results were.