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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-12997

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS dental (a) nurses and (b) technicians there were in September (i) 2007 and (ii) 2012.

Information on the number of NHS dental (a) nurses and (b) technicians there were in September (i) 2007 and (ii) 2012 is available in the following table:

Table 1: NHS Scotland dental nurses and technicians (WTE)

	Sept-07	Sept-12	Change Sept-07 to Sept-12
Dental nurse	862.4	1,426.5	65.4%
Dental technician	48.0	130.4	171.5%

Source: ISD Scotland National Statistics

Question reference: S4W-12828

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many dental speciality consultants were employed by the NHS in each year from September 2006 to September 2012 and what the percentage change was.

Question reference: S4O-01862

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance is available to help companies grow and identify new markets.

Question reference: S4O-01844

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out in partnership with the UK Government to support young people back into employment.

Question reference: S4O-01774

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how best practice in prescribing is shared between NHS boards.

Question reference: S4O-01591

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it will continue to address gun crime in light of a 50% reduction in firearms offences over the last five years.

Question reference: S4T-00144

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make representations to BAE Systems on behalf of the Scottish shipyard sector.

Question reference: S4O-01521

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it last had discussions with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what matters were discussed.

Question reference: S4W-10616

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many diagnoses there were of (a) diabetes, (b) cancer or tumours, (c) hypertension, (d) stroke or (e) multiple sclerosis as a result of an eye check in the last year for which information is available.

The information requested is not collected.

The Eyecare Integration Project, which was announced in September 2010, aims to deliver 95% of patient referrals from optometrists to hospital eye services electronically by April 2014. The project’s success factors include reduced waiting times from referral to treatment, and more effective use of hospital eye service resources.

Once the Eyecare Integration Project is fully rolled-out and in place it may be possible to collect this type of data.

Question reference: S4O-01435

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has introduced to discourage fly-tipping.