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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)
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Question reference: S4W-11836

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08947 by Alex Neil on 13 September 2012, when the consultation document setting out its overall approach to the implementation of EU Directive 2011/24 on the Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-border Healthcare will be issued.

My officials are working closely with the UK Government’s Department of Health and the other devolved administrations so that, where it can be achieved, a consistent approach is taken in transposing the European Cross-border Healthcare Directive into domestic legislation throughout the UK. This includes the timetable for consultation.

All four UK administrations planned to launch their consultations on the implementation of the Directive in the autumn, but due to the NHS reform proposals in England and the need for further discussions with the European Commission on the terms of the Directive, this has not proved possible.

However, the Scottish consultation document will now issue early in 2013 and I will ensure that a copy is placed with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S4W-11817

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, following the comments by the Deputy First Minister in the news release of 11 May 2012, NHS Lothian Report, what action it has taken in relation to staff allegations of bullying and harassment by the Executive Team of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Question reference: S4W-11690

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether any (a) minister or (b) official has visited (i) Switzerland, (ii) Norway, (iii) Sweden or (iv) Denmark since 2007.

Yes. The number of journeys made by ministers to these countries is included in the information which is proactively published in each year since 2007 on the Scottish Government website which is updated on a regular basis and I attach a link:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/People/14944/travel/visitsoverseas

The number of journeys made by officials to these countries in each year since 2003 is set out in the following table:

	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011 -12	2012-13 (Nov)
Switzerland	3	2	2	9	5	12	13	9	11	9
Norway	13	11	48	25	32	38	36	33	20	26
Sweden	12	8	8	12	9	8	31	1	9	6
Denmark	4	17	22	19	16	43	47	40	19	10

Question reference: S4W-11691

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Deputy First Minister has visited (a) Switzerland, (b) Norway, (c) Sweden or (d) Denmark since 2007.

Question reference: S4W-11632

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that Schedule 8 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 should be amended to include local authorities.

Question reference: S4W-10546

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09926 by John Swinney on 25 October 2012, for which provisions of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 does it compile information on the compliance of public bodies.

Most of the provisions of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 relate to the exercise of functions of a particular body. Some of the provisions of the Act apply to more than one body. These include the requirements to provide information on certain expenditure (section 31) and the exercise of functions (section 32) and the duties imposed on scrutiny bodies in relation to user focus (section 112) and co-operation (section 114). Where the Act imposes a requirement on a public body (whether specifically in relation to that body or more generally) it is the responsibility of the body itself to comply with the provisions.

Question reference: S4W-09926

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 September 2012
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09343 by John Swinney on 12 September 2012, what the conclusions are of the ongoing performance management arrangements that it undertakes in relation to the public bodies that it sponsors or supports with regard to their compliance with the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010.

This government has a sustained focus on improving the quality of public services and continuous improvement in the performance of our public bodies.

There are a wide range of provisions in the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 which apply to both individual and to groups of public bodies. We do not compile information on the compliance of public bodies across all the provisions in the act.

Question reference: S4W-08952

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 24 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when the list of proscribed procedures under the EU patients’ rights directive will be submitted to the European Commission for approval.

Question reference: S4W-08948

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm that patients in Scotland will be entitled to obtain treatment in private healthcare facilities under the EU patients' rights directive.

Question reference: S4W-08951

Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 August 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 September 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the costs of specialist teleassessments across EU borders will be covered under the EU patients’ rights directive.