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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: S4O-04334

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it will make to the UK Government to oppose the reported additional £12 billion in benefit reductions.

Question reference: S4O-04207

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how Glasgow Colleges' Regional Board’s plan for an integrated city-wide curriculum could impact on students and staff.

Question reference: S4W-24979

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 19 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements it will make to support implementation of health and social care integration.

We will extend the Integrated Care Fund for a further two years to support implementation of health and social care integration. Further to the £100 million that will be made available to partnerships in 2015-16, we will extend the fund by a further £200 million, i.e. £100 million in each of the years 2016-17 and 2017-18. This additional £200 million is part of additional funding well in excess of half a billion pounds which we are investing to support integration. Our investment will support and drive innovation in local systems.

Question reference: S4O-04163

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made toward achieving its target of at least 150 living wage accredited-employers in Scotland, as set out in the programme for government.

Question reference: S4O-04094

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it seeks to support Jewish culture in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-23510

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many people saved money in 2014 because of the abolition of prescription charges for long-term illnesses, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.

There are around two million people in Scotland living with long-term medical conditions. A number of those would have qualified for free prescriptions because of their condition. However, there are many conditions which might be thought of as long-term illnesses, such as coeliac disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, as well as asthma, and people suffering from those conditions did not automatically qualify for free prescriptions. The Scottish Government has previously estimated that around 65% of paid for prescriptions were for people living with a long-term condition. As an illustration of the money potentially saved by such a patient, someone with asthma who may require ten prescriptions a year will be saving £80.50 compared with a similar patient in England, where charges remain in place. Following the anticipated increase in England in April 2015, that saving will increase to £82.50. Any patient who would benefit from a pre-payment certificate will be saving £104 compared with a similar patient in England.

Question reference: S4O-04084

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Glasgow City Council to discuss how it is taking forward the childcare commitment for eligible two-year-olds and all three and four-year-olds.

Question reference: S4O-04034

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what it will be doing in Glasgow to mark the Year of Food and Drink Scotland 2015.

Question reference: S4O-04023

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Lanarkshire and what matters were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-24353

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what funds it is making available to NHS boards for 2015-16.

Territorial boards have been given a general allocation increase of £282 million for 2015-16, an overall average increase over the equivalent 2014-15 allocation of 3.4 per cent.

The further funding of £30 million announced for delayed discharge will form part of boards’ baseline budgets, taking the total uplift to 3.8 per cent.

Special boards’ allocations have increased by 1.0 per cent. In addition, differential efficiency savings have been allocated to the elements of special boards’ budgets not providing direct patient care which results in an overall net increase of 0.6 per cent.

Details of boards’ revenue resource and capital allocations for 2015-16 are provided in the following tables:

Revenue Resource

Territorial Boards	2015-16 Uplift (£ million)	2015-16 Uplift (%)	2015-16 General Allocation (£ million)	Delayed Discharge (£ million)	2015-16 Total (%)
Ayrshire and Arran	16.6	2.7	635.5	2.3	3.1
Borders	4.4	2.4	184.2	0.6	2.8
Dumfries and Galloway	6.2	2.4	265.9	0.9	2.7
Fife	17.5	3.1	574.8	2.0	3.5
Forth Valley	11.8	2.6	461.5	1.6	3.0
Grampian	49.1	6.3	827.3	2.7	6.7
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	51.8	2.7	1,975.5	7.1	3.1
Highland	24.8	4.7	550.0	1.8	5.1
Lanarkshire	38.0	3.8	1,051.8	3.8	4.1
Lothian	37.7	3.2	1,225.7	4.3	3.5
Orkney	5.4	15.1	41.3	0.1	15.4
Shetland	1.1	2.8	40.7	0.1	3.1
Tayside	15.9	2.5	660.9	2.4	2.8
Western Isles	1.5	2.4	63.7	0.2	2.7
Total	281.8	3.4	8,558.9	30.0	3.8
Special Boards	2015-16 Uplift (£ million)	2015-16 Uplift (%)	2015-16 General Allocation (£ million)	Delayed Discharge (£ million)	2015-16 Total (%)
National Waiting Times Centre	0.5	1.0	46.0
Scottish Ambulance Service	2.1	1.0	212.1
National Services Scotland	1.3	0.5	283.3
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	-0.3	-1.9	15.2
The State Hospital	0.3	1.0	34.2
NHS 24	0.6	1.0	62.7
NHS Education for Scotland	2.4	0.6	392.6
NHS Health Scotland	-0.9	-4.6	18.0
Total	6.1	0.6	1,064.1

Capital Resource

Territorial Boards	£ million
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	20.6
NHS Borders	6.5
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	9.2
NHS Fife	13.9
NHS Forth Valley	7.3
NHS Grampian	15.3
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	87.9
NHS Highland	11.3
NHS Lanarkshire	19.9
NHS Lothian	46.7
NHS Orkney	2.4
NHS Shetland	1.1
NHS Tayside	15.5
NHS Western Isles	4.9
Total	262.5
Special Boards	£ million
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	1.5
NHS 24	0.3
Health Scotland	0.7
National Services Scotland	5.8
National Waiting Times Centre	3.0
Scottish Ambulance Service	10.1
The State Hospital	0.3
Total	21.7

Recurring allocations: in addition to the allocations outlined above, there will be recurring allocations of £40.3 million which will be added to boards’ baseline budgets in 2015-16.