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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-09518

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has awarded the Scottish Cot Death Trust in each year since 2007.

Information on funding awarded to the Scottish Cot Death Trust in each year since 1999 is as follows:

Financial year Amount

1999/2000 0

2000/2001 0

2001/2002 0

2002/2003 £11,295

2003/2004 £9,908

2004/2005 £5,000

2005/2006 £5,000

2006/2007 £5,000

2007/2008 £5,000

2008/2009 £5,000

2009/2010 £5,000

2010/2011 £7,000

2011/2012 £7,000

2012/2013 £7,000

2013/2014 £40,000

2014/2015 £55,000

2015/2016 £62,500

2016/2017 £2,255

2017/2018 £30,000 (to be awarded in stages during 2017/2018)

Question reference: S5W-09516

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 13 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what contact it has had with the Scottish Cot Death Trust since May 2016 regarding the baby box scheme, including during the course of the research into the scheme and the pilot studies.

The Scottish Government has regular contact with the Scottish Cot Death Trust (SCDT). Officials met with the Trust on a number of occasions during the past year, including a meeting at the offices of the SCDT in Glasgow, in October 2016, arranged specifically to discuss Scotland’s Baby Box. During this meeting, SCDT provided positive feedback on various aspects of the box, including the quality of the mattress itself, and the inclusion of cellular blankets and the room thermometer.

The SCDT also participated in a meeting of the expert Sudden unexpected death in infancy’ (SUDI) Group in December 2017, in advance of the SUDI Conference on
21 February 2017, which the Executive Director of the SCDT co-chaired.

Question reference: S5O-01132

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment it has made of the danger of cyber-attacks on its IT systems.

Question reference: S5W-09274

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 June 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 16 May 2017 (Official Report, c. 15), how much the appointment of John Sturrock QC as the mediator in the talks will cost.

Question reference: S5O-00987

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will withdraw the planning consent that it issued in August 2015 for an incinerator facility at Whitehill in Hamilton.

Question reference: S5W-09027

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-07441 by John Swinney on 2 March 2017, what the timescale is for the group to report.

Question reference: S5W-08708

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that infants and young children are being registered as members of political parties and, in light of the potential impact on child welfare, whether it plans to discuss this with the Electoral Commission Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-08695

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what items were (a) rejected and (b) selected for inclusion in the baby box; what criteria and evidence it used in determining this, and how often it plans to review the contents.

Question reference: S5W-08658

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05421 by Mark McDonald on 15 December 2016, what evidence it used to reach the decision to (a) include maternity pads in and (b) exclude sanitary pads from the baby box, and whether it will reconsider the decision regarding sanitary pads when the boxes are rolled out nationally.

Question reference: S5W-08659

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2017
Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 3 May 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05422 by Mark McDonald on 15 December 2016, what breastfeeding outcomes were achieved in the pilot areas, and whether breastfeeding aids will be included when the baby boxes are rolled out nationally.