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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: S4W-23589

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to the New Medicines Fund in each of its first five years, and for how long the fund will operate.

For planning purposes, the 2015-16 draft budget currently includes £40 million to be utilised for the New Medicines Fund for both 2014-15 and 2015-16. We anticipate that there will be an ongoing need for mechanisms such as the New Medicines Fund beyond April 2016. The Scottish Government is closely monitoring the impact of the New Medicines Fund and the associated changes to access to medicines policies and will review the impact of the fund to inform future budgetary decisions.

Question reference: S4W-23588

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards can use the New Medicines Fund to meet the costs of products that have been rejected by the Scottish Medicines Consortium but for which funding requests have been or will be made using the (a) individual patient treatment request and (b) peer approved clinical system process.

Question reference: S4W-22757

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 3 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards (a) are and (b) will be put in place to ensure that the SNP representatives on The Smith Commission and their advisers cannot use the services of Scottish Government (i) staff and (ii) resources.

It is Scottish Government policy to engage with The Smith Commission’s consideration of proposals for the devolution of further powers to the Scottish Parliament. Ministers, including the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth in his role as a participant in The Smith Commission discussions, may therefore draw upon the resources of the Scottish Government in the usual way.

Question reference: S4O-03656

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that sex offenders are appropriately rehoused.

Question reference: S4W-22764

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has made available to support the development and implementation of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S4W-22765

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has made available to address hepatitis C as part of the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework in each of the last four years.

Question reference: S4W-22766

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will make available for the development and implementation of the revised Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework due to be published in the summer of 2015.

Question reference: S4W-22767

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will make available for addressing hepatitis C in the revised Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework due to be published in the summer of 2015.

Question reference: S4O-03589

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on independent schools having charitable status.

Question reference: S4W-22404

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 September 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4T-00763 by Michael Matheson on 12 August 2014 (Official Report, c. 33250), what the outcome was of the minister’s meeting with Health Protection Scotland to discuss the Ebola virus, and how the World Health Organization’s approval for the use of experimental drugs to combat the outbreak in west Africa will impact on contingency planning in Scotland.

I met with Heath Protection Scotland (HPS) on 19 August 2014 to discuss Scotland’s preparedness for any possible cases of Ebola virus. HPS reported the risk to the people of Scotland remains very low and the NHS stands ready to respond to any suspected cases, by following well-established protocols for dealing with highly infectious diseases.

In addition and following that meeting, a short life working group has been established to bring together the Scottish Government and relevant Scottish agencies to ensure we continue to monitor this situation and to consider what more needs to be done.

The World Health Organization approval and proposed use of experimental drugs to treat Ebola could reduce the number of patients infected and help reduce spread of the virus. There are however limited supplies of Zmapp globally and so the impact of the drug is likely to be limited and does not impact directly on contingency planning within Scotland.