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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: S5W-20620

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the members' business debate on motion S5M-14643 on 27 November 2018, whether it will clarify whether patients will be allowed to give evidence to the inquiry regarding NHS Highland that is being carried out by John Sturrock QC.

Question reference: S5O-02750

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the affordability for patients of using bedside televisions in hospitals.

Question reference: S5F-02899

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will acknowledge the people from across the country who will be working over the festive period to keep Scotland going.

Question reference: S5W-20262

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how it monitors and reviews the implementation by NHS boards of each recommendation in the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of autistic people through the implementation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

Integration Authorities are responsible for the strategic planning and decision making for all functions delegated to them, including autism services, in line with their statutory responsibilities under the Public Bodies (Scotland) Act (2014).

The Scottish Strategy for Autism: outcomes and priorities 2018-2021 was published in March 2018 and is available at: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-strategy-autism-outcomes-priorities-2018-2021

As part of this update, an Autism Strategy Review Group has been established to review and monitor progress in achieving the priorities and outcomes.

Question reference: S5W-20263

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Highland regarding the Scottish Strategy for Autism, and what its position is on whether that NHS board has implemented each of the strategy’s recommendations.

The Scottish Government is committed to improving the lives of autistic people through the implementation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

The refreshed outcomes and priorities document published in March this year is available from the following link:

https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-strategy-autism-outcomes-priorities-2018-2021/

The Scottish Government has not had discussions with NHS Highland in recent months on the implementation of their local autism strategy.

Question reference: S5W-20009

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has received from the additional £50 million of funding to reduce waiting times that was announced in May 2017.

On 30 May 2017 NHS Boards were allocated their share of the 50 million to help reduce waiting times for 2017-18 financial year. This funding was allocated through the NHS Resource Allocation Formula (NRAC). NHS Boards were allocated similar additional funding in May 2018 applying the same formula for the financial year of 2018-19.

The following table sets out the funding allocation by Health Board in May 2017.

Board	Funding
Ayrshire and Arran	£3.7 million
Borders	£1.1 million
Dumfries and Galloway	£1.5 million
Fife	£3.4 million
Forth Valley	£2.7 million
Grampian	£4.9 million
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	£11.2 million
Highland	£3.2 million
Lanarkshire	£6.2 million
Lothian	£7.4 million
Orkney	£0.2 million
Shetland	£0.2 million
Tayside	£3.9 million
Western Isles	£0.3 million

Question reference: S5W-20010

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had with the chairman and chief executive of NHS Highland regarding the waiting times improvement plan published in October 2018.

I have not held any direct discussions on the Waiting Times Improvement Plan with the Chair and Chief Executive of NHS Highland. When I have met collectively with all Chairs and Chief Executive of NHS Boards in recent months, the Waiting Times Improvement Plan has been discussed. However, my Officials are now working closely with all territorial Health Boards to ensure that they have appropriate plans in place to support the implementation of the Improvement Plan.

Question reference: S5O-02407

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what importance it places on visitor attraction signage as a means of attracting people to local areas from arterial routes.

Brown tourist signs on Scotland’s strategic roads are intended to direct or guide people to a tourist destination in the final stages of their journey. They can help visitors reach their intended destination easily and safely. They should supplement rather than duplicate information already provided on other directional traffic signs. They are not advertising signs and not a substitute for effective marketing.

Question reference: S5T-01231

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to figures for the first quarter of 2018-19 that show ScotRail's reliability is at its worst for over two decades.

Question reference: S5O-02385

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to enable The Highland Council to service the 96 public toilets that it has in the Highlands.