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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-08198

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to conduct a review of the provision of specialist nurses.

Question reference: S5W-08192

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 27 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many couples who have children from a previous relationship have received NHS-IVF treatment in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-08210

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) budget and (b) annual expenditure is of Information Services Division and how many (i) full- and (ii) part-time staff it employs.

The Information Services Division (ISD) forms part of a strategic business unit within NHS National Services Scotland.

For the 2016-17 financial year, ISD is forecast to have a break-even position for the budgeted income and expenditure. For the ISD as a whole this is £26.34M. This total can be broken down to pay costs of £23.55M and non-pay costs of £2.79M.

The staff establishment figures for 2016-17 are shown in the following table. This includes the total number of staff broken down into full- and part- time. Also included is the whole time equivalent (WTE) for the total staff number:

Number of Full Time Staff	Number of Part Time Staff	Total Number of Staff		Total Number of WTE
465	151	616		553

Question reference: S5W-07805

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 27 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners who tested positive for hepatitis C in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 began treatment while still in prison.

Question reference: S5W-07160

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been treated in adult mental health wards in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) will generally be treated in the community. There may be times when it is necessary to admit them to hospital for specialist treatment. Should this be the case they would be admitted to one of the three regional CAMHS inpatient units. There are however occasions when a young person is admitted to an adult ward. This may happen for example when it may be clinically judged to be more appropriate to admit that young person to an adult ward or the young person and their family have a preference for an admission to a local adult ward.

Question reference: S5W-08199

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many school counsellors each local authority has hired in each year since 1999 to support young people with mental health issues.

Question reference: S5W-08193

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for people with sciatica to received a cortisone injection.

Question reference: S5W-08154

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06547 by Shona Robison on 6 February 2017, by what date it will announce the national target for the treatment of hepatitis C in 2017-18, and for what reason it is not setting individual targets for NHS boards.

The national target for hepatitis C treatment in 2017-18 will be 1800. This has increased by 300 from the previous target for 2016-17.

The incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C varies across Scotland, as does the distribution of genotypes of the disease, which can influence treatment options and cure rates. This means the scale and nature of hepatitis C infection in different Boards can necessitate a different response. Targets for each NHS Board are therefore not appropriate and the Government is focussed on whole population approaches to hepatitis C. The annual hepatitis C treatment target is, therefore, only set as a national minimum target for the whole of Scotland.

Question reference: S5W-07876

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government which intensive neonatal units are planned to close.

Question reference: S5W-07803

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many prisons offer opt-out testing for hepatitis C, as recommended in the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus updated framework.