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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-20010

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 16 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had with the chairman and chief executive of NHS Highland regarding the waiting times improvement plan published in October 2018.

I have not held any direct discussions on the Waiting Times Improvement Plan with the Chair and Chief Executive of NHS Highland. When I have met collectively with all Chairs and Chief Executive of NHS Boards in recent months, the Waiting Times Improvement Plan has been discussed. However, my Officials are now working closely with all territorial Health Boards to ensure that they have appropriate plans in place to support the implementation of the Improvement Plan.

Question reference: S5O-02407

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what importance it places on visitor attraction signage as a means of attracting people to local areas from arterial routes.

Brown tourist signs on Scotland’s strategic roads are intended to direct or guide people to a tourist destination in the final stages of their journey. They can help visitors reach their intended destination easily and safely. They should supplement rather than duplicate information already provided on other directional traffic signs. They are not advertising signs and not a substitute for effective marketing.

Question reference: S5T-01231

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to figures for the first quarter of 2018-19 that show ScotRail's reliability is at its worst for over two decades.

Question reference: S5O-02385

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to enable The Highland Council to service the 96 public toilets that it has in the Highlands.

Question reference: S5O-02302

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recent GERS figures.

Question reference: S5F-02515

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2018

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking regarding Scottish Canals' financial situation.

Question reference: S5W-16682

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out a further independent review of primary care out-of-hours services, similar to that chaired by Sir Lewis Ritchie.

Question reference: S5W-16206

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding each NHS board has sought in the last financial year due to overspend.

For 2017-18, brokerage has been approved for NHS Ayrshire and Arran (£23 million), NHS Highland (£15 million) and NHS Tayside (£12.7 million).

Brokerage at this level requests represent less than 0.5% of total health spending and is managed within the overall portfolio budget for the year. The health and sport portfolio remains on track to deliver a breakeven position in 2017–18. Provision of brokerage demonstrates that our overriding priority is the protection of patient care and services.

Question reference: S5T-01113

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that there are sufficient and substantive interventional radiologists in every major hospital in Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-15900

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 13 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has had any discussions since 2016 with the (a) chairman, David Alston, and (b) chief executive, Elaine Mead, regarding concerns with (a) their governance and (b) the board's governance of NHS Highland.