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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-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-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.

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-08949

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 what authorisation is required for patients to access non-hospital healthcare under the EU patients’ rights directive.

Question reference: S4W-09390

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

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the shortage of the Sanofi-Pasteur BCG treatment for bladder cancer.

The manufacture of Immucyst has been stopped by the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, and I understand that it is unlikely to resume before late 2013. This product is manufactured in Canada and this is a global problem.

The UK-wide medicines regulatory authority, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is working closely with other regulatory authorities in helping to resolve the ongoing manufacturing and quality problems at the Canadian site.

In the UK, there is an alternative licensed product, OncoTICE, manufactured by MSD. Limited supplies of OncoTICE are now available directly from the manufacturer.

Question reference: S4W-09394

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

To ask the Scottish Government when the national abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme for men over 65 is scheduled to begin and whether all NHS boards will take part.

Question reference: S4W-09399

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

To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency arrivals have been not admitted, discharged or transferred for at least (a) 18 and (b) 24 hours in each (i) NHS board and (ii) accident and emergency unit in each year since 2007.

Information on the number of attendances (new and unplanned returns) that were not admitted/transferred/discharged for at least 18 and 24 hours by NHS Board and by accident and emergency site has been placed in the Scottish Parliamentary Information Centre (Bib. number 54263). This information is shown by financial year, from 2008-09 to 2011-12.

Information for 2007-08 is not included as a full year's worth of data is not available (the accident and emergency data mart was established in June 2007 to monitor compliance against waiting times targets).