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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)
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Question reference: S5W-08191

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-07683

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06956 by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017, what its response is to the suggestion that it would be useful if information was held at NHS board level to allow for comparisons.

I refer to my answer S5W-07684 on 15 March 2017 which highlights the data available from NHS National Services Scotland. Additional data was collected locally for improvement and learning purposes as part of the VTE collaborative. The Scottish Government will remind NHS Boards of the availability of data from NHS National Services Scotland.

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Question reference: S5W-07878

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address so-called holiday-hunger among pupils who receive free school meals.

The Scottish Government is aware that several local authorities in Scotland offer holiday lunch club provision and welcomes any activity that may contribute to the health and wellbeing, as well as the attainment, of the most vulnerable in our society. Local authorities have flexibility to provide meals to children outwith term time and some choose to use this flexibility during school holidays to provide school holiday lunch clubs. The Scottish Government continues to encourage local authorities to allocate their total financial resources on the basis of local needs, priorities and circumstances.

Question reference: S5W-07684

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06957 by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017, whether it will increase the amount of information held centrally in order to determine whether the SIGN guidance has led to a change in the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Question reference: S5W-07585

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the prevalence of head injuries in prisons.

Question reference: S5W-07159

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 13 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals from schools to mental health links workers there have been in each year since this system was introduced.

Question reference: S5W-07157

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

To ask the Scottish Government when it last made an assessment of the mortuary estate.

In October 2016, the Minister for Public Health and Sport wrote to NHS Board Chief Executives to provide details as to what mortuary facilities they are responsible for and whether their facilities comply with the current guidance on mortuary provision. Furthermore, the letter noted that many small hospitals have no mortuary facility but may have a body storage area. In these instances the Minister asked for reassurance that appropriate measures are in place to ensure suitable access and viewing arrangements are made with another facility (NHS, Local Authority or a local undertaker).

Twelve of the 14 territorial Health Boards generally reported no issues regarding their mortuary provision and they provided assurance of adequate body storage facilities and either on-site viewing facilities or arrangements with local funeral directors or other hospitals/facilities for viewings. The two remaining Boards (NHS Highland and NHS Tayside) highlighted some issues that they were managing, but they provided plans as to how they would address these issues.

Question reference: S5W-07413

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicles there have been in its car service in each year since 1999, broken down by model.

The vehicle models utilised by the Government Car Service fleet since 2001 are set out in the following table:

Year (1)	01 / 02	02 / 03	03 / 04	04 / 05	05 / 06	06 / 07	07 / 08	08 / 09	09 / 10	10 / 11	11 / 12	12 / 13	13 / 14	14 / 15	15 / 16
Model (2)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skoda Superb											6	13	14	16	17
BMW 520d								7	8	8	8	8	7	6	3
Mitsubishi Outlander														2	2
Lexus GS450h							1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Lexus RX450h											1	1	1	1	1
Peugeot 508RXH													1	1	1
Volvo S80	1	4	8	17	17	21	28	20	16	13	11	11	6
Honda Civic IMA							2	2	2	1
Renault Grand Espace	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Toyota Prius						1	3
Vauxhall Vectra			1	1	1	1	1
Vauxhall Omega	21	21	19	14	10	2
Total	23	26	29	33	29	26	36	31	28	24	28	35	31	28	25

(1) Information is not held for the period prior to 2001.

(2) During each year there are a number of purchases and disposals. We generally hold an operation fleet of between 22 and 25 vehicles.

Question reference: S5W-07586

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the way that it measures the prevalence of head injuries in prisons.

Question reference: S5W-07298

Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2017
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 8 March 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in Lothian will see their non-domestic rates rise, broken down by the (a) type of business and (b) percentage increase.