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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: S4W-20569

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 9 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of qualified nurses there are in (a) Scotland and (b) England per head of population.

Information on the number of qualified nurses in (a) Scotland and (b) England per head of population is as follows:

(a) NHS Scotland employed 40,088.1 whole time equivalent (wte) qualified nurses as at 31^st December 2013. The latest available mid-year population estimate for 2012 is 5,313,600 (General Register Office for Scotland). There are 7.5 qualified nurses per 1,000 population or 0.008 per head of population.

(b) NHS England employed 290,520.7 wte qualified nurses as at 31 December 2013. The latest available mid-year population estimate for 2012 is 53,493,700 (Office of National Statistics). There are 5.4 qualified nurses per 1,000 population or 0.005 per head of population.

Scotland has 2.1 wte more qualified nurses per head of population than England.

Question reference: S4W-20593

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 03 April 2014
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Alex Neil on 4 April 2014

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-18890 by Alex Neil on 8 January 2014, when it will make an announcement on the proposed way forward in relation to its consideration of no-fault compensation for patients who have been harmed as a result of clinical treatment.

We are committed to ensuring that any patients harmed as a result of poor clinical treatment have access to redress in the form of compensation, where this is appropriate, without the need to go through lengthy court processes. We are today publishing our response to the public consultation on the recommendations of the review group chaired by Professor Sheila Mclean, which reaffirms our commitment to continue to work towards developing a system that is fair to patients and staff.

We will now be exploring the complexities of the scope, shape and development of a no-fault compensation scheme in Scotland. Importantly, consideration will also be given to how such a scheme could more effectively contribute to patient safety, learning and improvement and how it links with and supports safe disclosure of adverse events and aligns with the NHS complaints and claims procedure.

We will consult on draft proposals for the scheme once the further scoping work outlined above has been completed.

Question reference: S4O-03031

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Welfare Fund supports vulnerable families in Glasgow and across the country.

Question reference: S4O-02987

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 March 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 March 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Question reference: S4W-19389

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many applications the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme has received, broken down by applicant's local authority.

The number of applications as at 31 January, were as follows:

Local Authority	Number of Applications
Aberdeen	57
Aberdeenshire	128
Angus	12
City of Edinburgh	118
Clackmannanshire	16
Dumfries and Galloway	19
Dundee	35
East Ayrshire	36
East Dunbartonshire	61
East Lothian	36
East Renfrewshire	11
Falkirk	63
Fife	106
Glasgow City	84
Highland	87
Inverclyde	9
Midlothian	120
Moray	31
North Ayrshire	16
North Lanarkshire	154
Perth and Kinross	57
Renfrewshire	83
Scottish Borders	13
South Ayrshire	26
South Lanarkshire	148
Stirling	24
West Dunbartonshire	41
West Lothian	92
Total	1683

Question reference: S4W-19390

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2014
Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received support from the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme, broken down by local authority area of (a) applicant and (b) property purchased.

The following table sets out the number of sales under the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme by local authority as of 14 February 2014. The data available records properties purchased in each local authority area.

Local Authority	Number of Sales
Aberdeen	22
Aberdeenshire	9
Angus	1
City of Edinburgh	36
Clackmannanshire	3
Dumfries and Galloway	5
Dundee	11
East Ayrshire	9
East Dunbartonshire	7
East Lothian	5
East Renfrewshire	6
Falkirk	16
Fife	29
Glasgow City	14
Highland	8
Inverclyde	2
Midlothian	18
Moray	8
North Ayrshire	4
North Lanarkshire	27
Perth and Kinross	8
Renfrewshire	19
Scottish Borders	2
South Ayrshire	4
South Lanarkshire	28
Stirling	4
West Dunbartonshire	6
West Lothian	11
Total	322

Question reference: S4O-02908

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it can learn from the results of the recent UK Commission's Employer Skills Survey in relation to its youth work strategy.

Question reference: S4O-02791

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how its small business bonus scheme supports businesses in Glasgow.

Question reference: S4F-01803

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2014

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential impact on the Scottish economy of a reported additional £25 billion reduction in spending planned by the UK Government.

Question reference: S4W-18799

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 December 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many general dental service dentists were employed by the NHS in September (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008, (d) 2009, (e) 2010, (f) 2011, (g) 2012 and (h) 2013, and what the change was over this period expressed as a percentage.

The following table shows the number of salaried general dental service dentists employed by NHS Scotland from September 2006 to 2013. The table shows the actual and percentage change for the whole period.

Headcount	Salaried GDS Dentists
September 2006	275
September 2007	320
September 2008	356
September 2009	313
September 2010	408
September 2011	407
September 2012	423
September 2013	439
Overall change	164 (+59.6%)

Source: ISD Scotland.

Further published information on general dental service dentists can be found on the workforce statistics web site at:

https://isdscotland.scot.nhs.uk/Health-Topics/Workforce/Publications/2013-11-26/Dentists_S2013.xls?95831806.

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