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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-23418

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme rebate allocation has been calculated for 2013-14 and what the forecast for the rebate is for each of the next two years.

Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) payments are calculated on the basis of the scheme in operation at that time. The PPRS is agreed by the Department of Health in England and the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry.

For planning purposes, the 2015-16 draft budget currently includes £40 million from PPRS receipts to be utilised for the New Medicines Fund for both 2014-15 and 2015-16.

Question reference: S4W-23421

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many admissions to specialist inpatient units there have been under section 23 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in each year since 2011, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4W-23420

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications there have been to the New Medicines Fund and how many have been approved.

Question reference: S4W-23419

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government whether the New Medicines Fund will provide funding only for medicines approved via the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) Patient and Clinician Engagement (PACE) process or also for licensed medicines that are not yet approved by the SMC.

Question reference: S4W-23162

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-22902 by Richard Lochhead on 13 November 2014, when the (a) interim and (b) final report of the independent study will be published, and when it will issue its response.

Question reference: S4W-23193

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many child and adolescent mental health service outpatient units there are, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S4T-00837

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 17 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that over 3,000 patients were boarded in the wrong hospital department for their condition because of capacity shortages.

Question reference: S4W-22915

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent in the last four years on delivering specialist autism care.

Question reference: S4W-22913

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made since the introduction of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

The Scottish Government launched the Scottish Strategy for Autism in November 2011 and announced an investment of £13.4 million over four years to improve autism services, and access to those services.

This is a 10 year strategy and much has been achieved in the first three years. Key highlights include:

£4.8 million funding to an Autism Development Fund which has supported local and national organisations to deliver local autism services on the ground. 53 organisations across Scotland – ranging from local autism support groups to third sector organisations - have benefited from the fund.

£1.12 million funding to local authorities to develop local autism strategies and associated action plans to improve local autism service provision. An autism coordination team has been appointed to support local authorities to implement their autism strategies and associated action plans.

Publication of Menu of Interventions – a guide to supports available for people with autism and their families. The guide has been rolled out across Scotland through a series of road shows throughout the year.

A network of One Stop Shops across Scotland that provide autism support services that are tailored to local need, including advocacy and sign-posting.

A new training and education framework, developed by NHS Education for Scotland, to raise awareness of and build capacity in autism within mainstream services.

An Autism Toolbox to help teachers and educational support staff to meet the needs of children with autism.

Question reference: S4W-22914

Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) the NHS in the last four years to assist in providing services for people with autism.

Whilst the Scottish Government provides funding to local authorities and NHS boards, it is up to local authorities and NHS boards to deliver services and allocate resources according to local pressures and priorities. We therefore do not hold information on how services have used that funding to assist in providing services to people with autism.

However, in November 2011 the Scottish Government launched the Scottish Strategy for Autism and announced an investment of £13.4 million over four years to improve autism services.

The strategy supports several wide-ranging initiatives to increase available support to people with autism. Key highlights include:

£4.8 million to an Autism Development Fund supporting 53 local and national organisations across Scotland to deliver local autism services on the ground, including £1.15 million to local authorities and £98,000 to NHS boards.

£1.12 million to local authorities to develop and publish local autism strategies and associated action plans to improve local autism service provision.

£2.1 million to One Stop Shops across Scotland to provide autism support services that are tailored to support local statutory services.