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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-24689

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 12 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 3 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the provisional levels of spending for the Tackling Child Poverty Fund set out in the report, Every Child, Every Chance: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan: First year Progress Report 2018-19, to what areas or projects the remaining £18 million of the Fund will be allocated.

Question reference: S5T-01752

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh will open.

Question reference: S5W-24785

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the paper that was published in the Scottish Medical Journal on 7 January 2015, “Acupuncture-induced pneumothorax: the hidden complication”, for what reason each NHS board has stated in response to an FOI request regarding figures from 2016 that they do not record acupuncture as a cause of pneumothorax (collapsed lung) as they do not hold a specific code for such treatment.

Question reference: S5W-24663

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports in The Herald on 6 August 2019, whether its representatives on the project board of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People were aware of the minutes of a meeting of NHS Lothian’s Finance and Resources Committee in September 2018, which refer to “residual technical issues” impacting on the project “with the key issue being around drainage systems”, and on what date these issues were communicated to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.

Question reference: S5W-24659

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government when the Royal Hospital for Sick Children was due to be handed to developers; what flexibility there is in this arrangement, and whether NHS Lothian will incur any penalties for a late handover.

Question reference: S5W-24657

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the BBC report, Union warns Edinburgh’s £150m hospital may never open, which states that UNISON claims that NHS Lothian has paid millions of pounds in a settlement to help resolve some of the problems at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, how much has been paid; when this was approved; who approved it; when the Scottish Government learned of the arrangement, and whether it will place the details of the arrangement and all accompanying documentation in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24660

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it being considered unsafe to open, for what reason NHS Lothian is reportedly paying approximately £1.4 million per month for the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People; whether the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Scottish Futures Trust (i) advised on or had sight of the agreement and (ii) sought to remove or limit the impact of the contractual obligations that led to this situation, and whether it will place all documentation associated with this arrangement in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).

Question reference: S5W-24658

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 09 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of repairing the parts of (a) the ventilation, (b) the drainage and (c) any other system that have been found to be faulty since the handover of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People from Integrated Health Solutions Lothian to NHS Lothian in February 2019, and who is liable to pay each cost.

Question reference: S5W-24639

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) drainage and (b) water issues at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People involve; what percentage of the site’s footprint is affected, and how accessible the areas that require remedial work are.

Question reference: S5W-24645

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, prior to the opening being postponed in July 2019, how many patients were scheduled to have appointments at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, broken down by month.