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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-08928

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how much the proposed electrification of the Cumbernauld line will cost and whether it will provide details of the infrastructure requirements.

Question reference: S4W-08924

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when its consultation on the maintenance of land in private housing estates closed and when it will report the findings.

Question reference: S4W-08894

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 July 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 August 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will receive Barnett consequentials arising from the UK Government's recently announced investment in major rail and transportation infrastructure and, if so, how much it will (a) receive and (b) spend on rail infrastructure investment projects.

Question reference: S4O-01183

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on implementing the recommendation of the Scottish Studies Working Group that opportunities to learn Scotland’s languages should be promoted.

Question reference: S4O-01169

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it gives to NHS boards on consulting patients when changes are proposed to services delivered to patients at home.

Question reference: S4O-01097

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 7 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Scottish Studies Working Group across the curriculum.

We are making good progress in taking forward the recommendations of the Scottish Studies Working Group in partnership with Education Scotland, the SQA and other stakeholders including the University of Glasgow’s Champions Group.

A package of measures including guidance, online resources and professional learning has been launched and is now supporting learning about Scotland across the curriculum. Recommendations on Scottish texts in the new National Qualifications in English have been implemented and progress is being made on the development of an Award in Scottish Studies.

Question reference: S4O-01013

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the public consultation process is when NHS boards are considering where to locate new-build community health facilities.

Question reference: S4W-04660

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2011
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what the sickness absence rate has been for staff in NHS (a) Lanarkshire, (b) Forth Valley and (c) Greater Glasgow and Clyde in each year since 2007, broken down by department.

The percentage sickness absence rates for NHS Lanarkshire, NHS Forth Valley and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in each year since 2007 are provided in the following table along with the absence rate for NHSScotland. The breakdown of these rates by department is not held nationally.

Further information on the statistics, including information on how the data is collected and notes to aid interpretation, is given in the “Background” section of the Workforce Statistics website at http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Workforce/.

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Scotland	5.55	5.28	4.95	4.75	4.74
NHS Lanarkshire	6.34	5.89	5.02	4.45	4.32
NHS Forth Valley	5.80	5.48	5.43	5.28	5.53
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	5.82	5.33	4.92	4.79	4.77

Question reference: S4W-04603

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what value it considers chartered teachers bring to school education.

The Scottish Government has recognised the important contribution that Chartered Teachers can make within the education system. Chartered Teachers can be a valuable resource to assist and lead other teachers in improving educational outcomes. The Scottish Government remains committed to encouraging all teachers to develop their professional knowledge and skills, so that they can contribute fully to the education of our children.

Question reference: S4W-04604

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2011
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on recommendation 19 of the Advancing Professionalism in Teaching: Report of the Review of Teacher Employment in Scotland (the McCormac Review).