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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 ��˿�� 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: S5O-01862

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to registered childminders.

Question reference: S5W-14276

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the operation of the ISO55000 standard, and whether it has been included in discussions regarding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

Question reference: S5W-14275

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 21 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many non-Scottish Government public agencies operating in Scotland do so using the ISO55000 standard.

Question reference: S5W-14274

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Government agencies operate using the ISO55000 standard.

Question reference: S5W-14273

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 20 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to (a) businesses and (b) public agencies on operating using the ISO55000 standard.

Question reference: S5W-14605

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-13042

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has to meet the (a) chief medical officer and (b) Secretary of State for Health to discuss the announcement by the National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) to stop routine trans-vaginal mesh implants in England, and whether the cabinet secretary also plans to discuss this matter with representatives of NICE.

NICE undertook a public consultation on revised mesh guidance, and guidance was published on Friday 15 December. NICE IPP guidance applies across the UK, including in Scotland, and the Chief Medical Officer has therefore written to all Health Boards, alerting them to the fact that new guidance will shortly be published, and stressing that it must be implemented. Furthermore, HIS is presently in the process of establishing a Mesh Oversight Group, which will be expected to consider all evidence, adverse events reports, and other material relating to transvaginal mesh, including NICE guidance, and to work with Health Boards to ensure that such material is reflected in pathways of care.

The Chief Medical Officer for Scotland and other Scottish Government officials brief Ministers on transvaginal mesh on an on-going basis. I discussed mesh, including the draft NICE guidance, with the Chief Medical Officer during the week of 27 November.

Both the Chief Medical Officer and I have written to the MHRA to express concerns about the role of the MHRA in relation to transvaginal mesh. Furthermore, given the concerns, I have also written to the Secretary of State for Health, given his overall responsibility for the MHRA asking for a meeting to discuss these concerns.

Question reference: S5F-01859

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2017

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to promote road safety over the festive period.

Question reference: S5W-12679

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how the Pupil Equity Fund can be used to assist pupils with dyslexia.

Headteachers are expected to work in partnership with each other, and their local authority, to agree the use of their Pupil Equity Funding. They must take account of the statutory responsibilities of the authority to deliver educational improvement, secure best value and meet the additional support needs of children and young people. In this context, Headteachers must consider the additional steps that will be required to close the educational attainment gap for pupils in their schools affected by poverty and who have additional support needs such as dyslexia.

Question reference: S5W-12675

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 November 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the EIS regarding the provision of dyslexia training (a) for (i) trainee and (ii) probationary teachers and (b) as part of teachers' ongoing professional learning development.