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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: S4O-05474

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on the Scottish Attainment Challenge in Dundee.

Question reference: S4W-29126

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many lawyers the Scottish Social Services Council (a) employs and (b) has employed in the last year, broken down by job title.

Question reference: S4W-29129

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 January 2016
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Social Services Council staff carry out investigations.

Question reference: S4O-05246

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many so-called deep-end GP practices have been taken into NHS board control.

Question reference: S4O-05225

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to give boys the HPV vaccination.

Question reference: S4W-28812

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) cancer and (b) breast cancer research in each of the last 10 years.

Scottish Government investment in cancer research is primarily through the Chief Scientist Office (CSO). CSO supports cancer research directly through a number of schemes. These are:

The Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres Network (in collaboration with a number of other funders) to assist in delivery of early phase cancer studies;

The Scottish Cancer Research Network to increase and sustain clinical trial activity in cancer care;

Funding of cancer research studies submitted to the Chief Scientist Office research committees. Applications generated by the research community are assessed based on scientific excellence. The funding level is subject to quality of applications submitted;

Funding of cancer research studies or research fellowships in collaboration with cancer research charities.

These are set out in the following two tables:

Table 1: Data relating to cancer (including breast cancer) related research funding provided by CSO

Year	Scottish Cancer Research Network**	Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres**	Response Mode Grant Funding Awarded**	Response Mode Grant Funding Awarded for Breast Cancer Studies Only
2015-16	£438,000	£350,000	£1,850,688 (part year)	£220,883 (part year)
2014-15	£438,000	£350,000	£1,230,752	£23,866
2013-12	£413,000	£350,000	£1,424,021	£144,578
2012-13	£413,000	£350,000	£1,302,555	£221,220
2011-12	£409,000	£350,000	£841,963	£0
2010-11	£408,600	£324,865	£2,075,620	£124,904
2009-10	£400,000	£314,365	£2,508,310	£218,267
2008-09	£400,000	£324,020	£685,728	£0
2007-08	£250,000	£324,020	£1,695,619	£47,832
2006-07	£250,000*	£324,020	£570,962	£0
2005-06	£750,000 (£250k from CSO)	n/a	£387,405	£163,021

*From 1 April 2006 a recurring investment of £500,000 was incorporated into the NHS boards’ unified budgets which would be subject to the annual uplift applied to boards’ baseline budgets.

**Support is for cancers including breast cancer.

Table 2: Data relating to cancer related collaborative funding initiatives

Year	Amount	Partner Organisation
2015-16	£75,000	Pancreatic Cancer UK
2014-15	£225,000	Prostate Cancer UK
2014-15	£150,000	Breast Cancer Now

Further indirect support is provided through an annual contribution (currently around £10 million) to the major National Institute for Health research programmes that cover a broad range of health research including cancer research across the UK.

Question reference: S4W-28682

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when the quality and cost-effectiveness review of stoma care services is due to report.

Question reference: S4W-28683

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve stoma care services.

The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that all people who require stoma care services are able to receive the best possible care and support wherever possible and benefit from healthcare services that are safe, effective and put the patient at the centre of their care. The quality and cost effectiveness review, led by the NHS on behalf of the Scottish Government, is part of that process.

While the Scottish Government provides the policies, frameworks and resources for high quality health care in Scotland, it is for each NHS board to decide how best to deliver those services to meet the needs of the population to ensure they can provide safe, effective care for their patients. Stoma clinical nurse specialists are part of the team providing that care, and their numbers have increased from 21.7 whole time equivalent at September 2014 to 23.1 whole time equivalent at September 2015.

Question reference: S4T-01197

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the Independent Review of Primary Care Out-of-Hours Services, Pulling together: transforming urgent care for the people of Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04759

Asked by: Jenny Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it ensures that pupils from deprived areas have equal access to visiting the Parliament.