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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.

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Question reference: S5O-00356

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it will take forward plans to establish a national manufacturing institute.

Question reference: S5W-03921

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2016
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on the legal challenge against minimum unit pricing.

Question reference: S5W-03192

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what guarantees it has received from the UK Government on the protection of workers' rights in Scotland following the UK's vote to leave the EU.

The First Minister has welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to ensure Scotland is fully engaged in discussions around EU negotiations.

Our priority is to protect all of Scotland’s interests, including the protection of workers’ rights. The current common framework for EU law prevents the exploitation or workers and a race to the bottom on a range of issues such as discrimination; maternity leave and parental leave; working time; and health and safety. Our position in discussions with the UK Government will be to ensure that these protections are maintained, with scope for further improvements in the future.

Question reference: S5W-03202

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2016
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the WASPI campaign's call for fair transitional measures in changes to pensions, and what representations it plans to make to the UK Government regarding the delivery of pension equality and fairness for women in Scotland who were born in the 1950s.

The Scottish Government fully supports the WASPI campaign in their efforts to secure fairness for women affected by the acceleration in the retirement age.

I wrote to Stephen Crabb, the former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, urging him to reconsider the UK Governments decision not to look at transitional arrangements for those women affected by the change. Unfortunately his response was that the UK Government had no plans to bring forward any changes.

Question reference: S5O-00217

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to ensure that NHS staff receive at least the living wage.

Question reference: S5W-01840

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the NHS targets review.

Question reference: S5W-01841

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 September 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much will be invested in major NHS projects in each of the next four years.

At this stage, the NHS capital budget is not known beyond 2016-17, therefore there is an element of uncertainty as to what major NHS projects will be undertaken over the next four years.

NHS capital projects in development (with a capital value over £5 million) are listed below along with the expected cost and estimated completion date. The various projects have been grouped into Public Capital, Non-Profit Distribution (NPD) and Revenue financed Hub investments. Major capital projects usually span more than one financial year, therefore the expected completion date is noted below. It should also be noted that the completion date is an estimate which may be subject to change.

NHS boards have also submitted a number of projects to the NHS Capital Investment Group (CIG) for consideration and these projects are progressing through the business case approval process. However until the CIG approve a business case, it will not be included as a planned investment.

Public Capital

NHS Ayrshire and Arran – Building for Better Care (£28 million), Completion expected 2017

NHS Grampian – Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre (£145 million), Timescales TBC

NHS Highland - Raigmore Critical Care and Theatres (£29 million), Completion expected 2019

NHS Lanarkshire - Monklands Hospital Theatres and ICU (£20 million), Completion expected 2018

NHS Western Isles - St Brendans Hospital (circa £9 million), Timescales TBC

Scottish Ambulance Service - Fleet Replacement for period 2016/2021 (circa £80 million), Ongoing

NHS Scotland – Elective centres (circa £200 million), Timescales TBC

NPD

NHS Ayrshire and Arran - Acute Mental Health and North Ayrshire Community Hospital (£55 million), Completion expected 2016

NHS Dumfries and Galloway - Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary (£274 million), Completion expected 2018

NHS Lothian - Royal Hospital for Sick Children / Department of Clinical Neurosciences (£230 million), Completion expected 2017

NHS Orkney - New Balfour Hospital (£67 million), Completion expected 2018

National Services Scotland - Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre (£38 million), Completion expected 2017

Revenue-financed Hub projects

NHS Forth Valley – Stirling Care Village (circa £35 million), Completion TBC.

NHS Grampian - Inverurie Health and Care Hub (£14 million), Completion expected 2018

NHS Grampian - Foresterhill Campus - Foresterhill Health Centre (£8 million), Completion expected 2018

NHS Grampian - Primary Healthcare Priorities in Grampian (£19 million), Completion TBC

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Maryhill and Eastwood Health Centres (£25 million), Completion expected 2016

NHS Greater Glasgow andClyde – Gorbals and Woodside Health Centres (circa £33 million), Completion expected 2017

NHS Greater Glasgow andClyde – Inverclyde Continuing Care for Adults and Older People (£8.5 million), Completion expected 2017

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – Clydebank and Greenock Health Centres (circa £38 million), Completion expected 2019

NHS Highland - Community Hospitals for Skyle, Lochalsh and South West Ross and Badenoch and Strathspey (circa £30 million), Timescales TBC

NHS Lothian – Partnership Centres – Blackburn, NW Edinburgh, Firhill (circa £25 million), Completion expected 2018

NHS Lothian – East Lothian Community Hospital (circa £72 million), Completion expected 2020

NHS Lothian - Royal Edinburgh Campus Redevelopment (Phase 1 £49 million, further phases circa £120 million), Phase 1 expected completion 2016, further phases TBC

NHS Tayside - NHS Scotland Pharmaceuticals Specials Service (£26 million), Timescales TBC

NHS Tayside - Dundee Community Care (circa £20 million), Timescales TBC

Question reference: S5W-01839

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 August 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage active travel in the Rutherglen constituency.

The Scottish Government provides direct funding to local authorities for active travel through the Cycling, Walking, Safer Streets (CWSS) ring fenced budget within the local authority settlement. The CWSS has allocated £1.3 million to South Lanarkshire over the last three financial years.In addition, the Scottish Government provides grant funding to a number of organisations to support sustainable and active travel initiatives. These include Cycling Scotland Paths for All and Sustrans Scotland. Since 2014-15, the following projects have been taken forward in the Rutherglen area.Cycling Scotland has distributed £18,000 to projects including: Cycle Friendly and Sustainable Communities; Cycle Friendly Campus at South Lanarkshire College; Play on Pedals training at local nurseries; and Bikeability Scotland on-road training at local primary schools.In addition, South Lanarkshire Council has been allocated £438,000 in 2015-16 and 2016-17 through the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme, administered by Paths for All. Projects funded in South Lanarkshire include sustainable travel workshops with schools (with a focus on air quality), market research, feasibility studies for street design to increase cycling, promotion events and led rides.Finally, Sustrans has distributed the following funding for infrastructure improvements in and around Rutherglen.£110,000 in 2014-15 for the development of the Hamilton to Rutherglen Cycle Route£4,522 in 2015-16 for cycle and scooter parking at St Bride's Primary School in Rutherglen. £2,250 in 2016-17 for additional cycle and scooter parking at St Bride's Primary School in Rutherglen.

Question reference: S5F-00103

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2016

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to improve access to IVF treatment.

Question reference: S5O-00032

Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2016
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in building or refurbishing schools in South Lanarkshire since 2007.