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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-19986

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, following the passage of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, whether it considers that no teacher has a duty to promote or endorse a particular view of marriage nor will have under any revised guidance in the future.

Question reference: S4W-19984

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 13 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, following the passing of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill, whether teachers and pupils are free to openly and clearly express any disagreement with same-sex marriage in schools.

Question reference: S4W-19969

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many vaccines in the current childhood vaccination schedule are manufactured using cell culture technology.

The vaccines in the current childhood vaccination schedule which are manufactured using cell culture technology are limited to those which are live vaccines, or derived from live viral vaccine sources. These are listed below, organised by the age at which children receive each vaccine.

2 month:

Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix® - GSK): The rotavirus virus is produced in Vero cells.

DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD): The polio virus is produced in Vero cells.

3 month

Rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix® - GSK) – as above.

DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD) – as above.

4 month:

DTaP/IPV/Hib (Pediacel® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD) – as above.

12/13 months:

MMR vaccine (Priorix® - GSK): The measles and mumps viruses are produced in chick embryo cells; the rubella virus is produced in human diploid (MRC-5) cells.

Or MMRVAXPRO – Sanofi Pasteur MSD: The measles and mumps viruses are produced in chick embryo cells; the rubella virus is produced in WI-38 human diploid lung fibroblasts.

3 years 4 months:

DTap/IPV (Repevax® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD) or dTap/IPV (infanrix®IPV – GSK): In both cases the polio virus is produced in Vero cells.

MMR vaccine (Priorix® - GSK) or MMRVAXPRO – Sanofi Pasteur MSD): as above.

12-18 years:

Td/IPV (Revaxis® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD): The polio virus is produced in Vero cells.

Seasonal influenza vaccine (6 months – 18 years)

Live attenuated intranasal Vaccine (Fluenz® - GSK): the influenza vaccine is produced in Vero cells.

This list does not include HPV, as for HPV vaccine (Gardasil® - Sanofi Pasteur MSD) the L1 protein in the form of virus-like particles is produced in yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae CANADE 3C-5 (Strain 1895)) by recombinant DNA technology.

Question reference: S4W-19879

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of current waiting times for tertiary infertility treatment in each NHS board.

<>A full assessment of waiting times by NHS board for tertiary infertility treatment is contained within the National Infertility Group’s report which can be accessed at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2013/05/1501.

As set out in the National Infertility Group’s report, each of the 14 territorial NHS boards in Scotland commissions cycles of IVF/ICSI from one of four specialist tertiary referral centres in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Question reference: S4W-19878

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 February 2014
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government which datasets it would consult in the case of an early review of IVF access criteria.

Question reference: S4W-19195

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how much money will be set aside after 2014 for the elite athlete funding programme.

Question reference: S4O-02911

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the availability of supply teachers.

Question reference: S4W-19194

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on reducing the cost of the senior civil service by 25% by 2014-15.

Question reference: S4W-19193

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 27 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that (a) primary school pupils receive at least two hours and (b) pupils in years S1 to S4 receive at least two periods of PE each week.

We have provided £5.8 million through Education Scotland and Sportscotland over the last two years to support schools and local authorities to ensure that children in primary schools receive two hours or two periods of PE and those in secondary schools receive two periods of PE. In December 2013 we announced that a further £5.8 million would be provided over the next two years. In June 2013 the Healthy Living Survey showed that 89% of schools were meeting this target, up from less than 10% in 2004-05.

Question reference: S4W-19198

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many tickets have been sold to (a) domestic and (b) overseas visitors for the event, Bannockburn Live.