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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.

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Question reference: S4W-24353

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 February 2015
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what funds it is making available to NHS boards for 2015-16.

Territorial boards have been given a general allocation increase of £282 million for 2015-16, an overall average increase over the equivalent 2014-15 allocation of 3.4 per cent.

The further funding of £30 million announced for delayed discharge will form part of boards’ baseline budgets, taking the total uplift to 3.8 per cent.

Special boards’ allocations have increased by 1.0 per cent. In addition, differential efficiency savings have been allocated to the elements of special boards’ budgets not providing direct patient care which results in an overall net increase of 0.6 per cent.

Details of boards’ revenue resource and capital allocations for 2015-16 are provided in the following tables:

Revenue Resource

Territorial Boards	2015-16 Uplift (£ million)	2015-16 Uplift (%)	2015-16 General Allocation (£ million)	Delayed Discharge (£ million)	2015-16 Total (%)
Ayrshire and Arran	16.6	2.7	635.5	2.3	3.1
Borders	4.4	2.4	184.2	0.6	2.8
Dumfries and Galloway	6.2	2.4	265.9	0.9	2.7
Fife	17.5	3.1	574.8	2.0	3.5
Forth Valley	11.8	2.6	461.5	1.6	3.0
Grampian	49.1	6.3	827.3	2.7	6.7
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	51.8	2.7	1,975.5	7.1	3.1
Highland	24.8	4.7	550.0	1.8	5.1
Lanarkshire	38.0	3.8	1,051.8	3.8	4.1
Lothian	37.7	3.2	1,225.7	4.3	3.5
Orkney	5.4	15.1	41.3	0.1	15.4
Shetland	1.1	2.8	40.7	0.1	3.1
Tayside	15.9	2.5	660.9	2.4	2.8
Western Isles	1.5	2.4	63.7	0.2	2.7
Total	281.8	3.4	8,558.9	30.0	3.8
Special Boards	2015-16 Uplift (£ million)	2015-16 Uplift (%)	2015-16 General Allocation (£ million)	Delayed Discharge (£ million)	2015-16 Total (%)
National Waiting Times Centre	0.5	1.0	46.0	��	��
Scottish Ambulance Service	2.1	1.0	212.1	��	��
National Services Scotland	1.3	0.5	283.3	��	��
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	-0.3	-1.9	15.2	��	��
The State Hospital	0.3	1.0	34.2	��	��
NHS 24	0.6	1.0	62.7	��
NHS Education for Scotland	2.4	0.6	392.6	��	��
NHS Health Scotland	-0.9	-4.6	18.0	��	��
Total	6.1	0.6	1,064.1	��	��

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Capital Resource

Territorial Boards	£ million
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	20.6
NHS Borders	6.5
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	9.2
NHS Fife	13.9
NHS Forth Valley	7.3
NHS Grampian	15.3
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde	87.9
NHS Highland	11.3
NHS Lanarkshire	19.9
NHS Lothian	46.7
NHS Orkney	2.4
NHS Shetland	1.1
NHS Tayside	15.5
NHS Western Isles	4.9
Total	262.5
Special Boards	£ million
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	1.5
NHS 24	0.3
Health Scotland	0.7
National Services Scotland	5.8
National Waiting Times Centre	3.0
Scottish Ambulance Service	10.1
The State Hospital	0.3
Total	21.7

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Recurring allocations: in addition to the allocations outlined above, there will be recurring allocations of £40.3 million which will be added to boards’ baseline budgets in 2015-16.

Question reference: S4W-24086

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 19 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 January 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many inpatients waited more than 12 weeks for treatment in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

Question reference: S4O-03928

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 January 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what international development support it is providing for people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.

Question reference: S4W-23512

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government��how many people saved money in 2014 because of free eye tests, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.

Information Services Division, part of NHS National Services Division, collects information on NHS General Ophthalmic Service activity carried out by eye care professionals in Scotland. It reports a total of 1,913,565 eye care examinations were carried out in Scotland in 2012-13.

Sight tests in England, where universal free tests have not been introduced, cost in the region of £20-£30 for people who are not exempt from payment, depending on their circumstances.

The overall collective saving to the people of Scotland from having entirely free sight tests can therefore be estimated at around £40 million.

Question reference: S4W-23511

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government��how many people saved money in 2014 because of free personal and nursing care, broken down by the (a) average and (b) overall saving.

Over 77,000 people in Scotland benefit from the Scottish Government’s policy of free personal care, consisting of more than 30,000 people in care homes and over 47,000 living in their own home.

The latest Free Personal and Nursing Care Services figures published are for 2012-13. These are published on the Scottish Government website at:

The weekly rate for free personal care is £169, and for those requiring both free personal and nursing care is £246.

Personal care provided by a local authority is free for over 65s. For those receiving direct payments or receiving contributions to the personal and nursing care elements of residential care fees, over the course of a full year, an individual in receipt of free personal care would be eligible to payments of £8,788, and an individual in receipt of free personal and nursing care would be eligible to payments of £12,792.

Question reference: S4W-23554

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 December 2014
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what legislation governs electrical safety in care homes.

Electrical safety in care homes would be covered by:

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998

BS 7671 2008 (including amendments)- this is not legislation but can be used to show compliance with the preceding Acts/Regulations

Scottish Building Standards (Non Domestic Buildings).

Question reference: S4O-03798

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government��what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the extension of the Department for Work and Pensions' Work Programme.

Question reference: S4O-03785

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve access to rail services for disabled people.

Question reference: S4O-03745

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government how it seeks to promote affordable public transport for vulnerable groups.

Question reference: S4O-03708

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2014

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the benefits of the project, General Practitioners at the Deep End, which is being carried out in deprived communities.