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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-16629

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have registered with a community pharmacy for the Chronic Medication Service in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board area.

The following table provides data on the number of patients who have registered with a community pharmacy for the Chronic Medication Service (CMS) in the last three years, broken NHS board area.

NHS Board

CMS Registrations

	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	4,570	7,109	14,773
NHS Borders	989	2,761	2,549
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	1,502	3,088	4,547
NHS Fife	5,609	4,660	9,825
NHS Forth Valley	3,931	4,371	8,101
NHS Grampian	8,059	11,614	14,040
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	16,202	20,111	42,098
NHS Highland	4,432	5,267	7,111
NHS Lanarkshire	7,453	11,409	18,834
NHS Lothian	9,673	11,051	19,624
NHS Orkney	58	267	195
NHS Shetland	75	208	152
NHS Tayside	5,071	8,051	10,258
NHS Western Isles	69	157	232
Scotland Total	67,693	90,124	152,339

Data source: NSS: Practitioner Services Division.

Question reference: S4W-16631

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2013
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 4 September 2013

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on promoting the Chronic Medication Service, broken down by NHS board area.

Question reference: S4F-01521

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2013
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2013

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4W-16244

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15756 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013, whether it has considered delaying publication of its white paper on independence until after the final welfare proposals are received from the Expert Working Group on Welfare in 2014.

Question reference: S4W-16243

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15756 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013, whether it plans to revise its white paper on independence once final welfare proposals from the Expert Working Group on Welfare are received in 2014.

As I said in my previous answer, the White Paper will set out the gains for people, families and communities when decisions about Scotland are made in Scotland rather than by politicians at Westminster.

The White Paper will be fully informed by relevant work of the Expert Groups and Commissions. The role of the Expert Groups and Commissions is also to identify and explore longer term policy options that will be available to future governments of an independent Scotland. Publication of their conclusions in advance of the referendum will help inform the debate further and illustrate the longer term choices and opportunities that will be available to Scotland with independence but which are not open to us as part of the current constitutional arrangements.

Question reference: S4W-16245

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 05 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15756 by Nicola Sturgeon on 1 July 2013, which expert groups are contributing material to its white paper on independence, but whose final reports are not expected to be completed until after the scheduled publication of the white paper.

Question reference: S4W-16405

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15749 by John Swinney on 5 July 2013, for what reason it has not included government revenues as an indicator with an associated chart setting out the gains and losses over time in its publication, The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy.

Question reference: S4W-16408

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15750 by John Swinney on 5 July 2013, what analysis it has undertaken of whether, with reference to Figure 4.2 in the Economic Advisory Group report, The Impact of Reducing Corporation Tax on the Northern Ireland Economy, government revenues decline for a period of years after a reduction in corporation tax.

Question reference: S4W-16406

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15746 by John Swinney on 5 July 2013, whether data exist for the annual change in government revenues for each year after a change to corporation tax as set out in its publication, The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy.

Question reference: S4W-16407

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 August 2013

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-15748 by John Swinney on 5 July 2013, whether the output "Government Consumption" from the simulation used to inform its publication, The Impact of a Reduction in Corporation Tax on the Scottish Economy, equals government revenues under the assumption used in the simulation that the budget is balanced.