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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: S4O-01113

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to develop and maintain employment opportunities for disabled people.

Question reference: S4O-01088

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Scotland are being co-ordinated with the UK Government.

Question reference: S4F-00673

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the First Minister what the findings are of the latest research on the effects of minimum pricing of alcohol.

Question reference: S4O-01007

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how the Early Years Change Fund improves childcare for pre-school children.

Question reference: S4W-07072

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 May 2012
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what funds are available to support community-led regeneration.

I am pleased to announce the launch of the People and Communities Fund. This fund forms a key part of Achieving a Sustainable Future, our regeneration strategy, and will provide at least £6 million per annum for the next three years to support Registered Social Landlords and other community anchor organisations to make a real difference in some of Scotland’s most deprived communities.

Community-led regeneration is an integral part of our regeneration strategy and this fund will help communities to deliver the local changes that they want to see.

Further details about the fund can be found at .

A copy of the Regeneration Strategy is available through the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 53464).

Question reference: S4O-00994

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 May 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote the food and drink sector.

Question reference: S4O-00946

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S4W-06411

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 March 2012
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 March 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in developing successor arrangements to community care grants and crisis loans for living expenses.

The Scottish Government published the analysis of responses to the public consultation on successor arrangements and community care grants and crisis loans for living expenses on 27 February. We have been working with stakeholders to develop options for a successor scheme and have agreed with local authority leaders that we will work with local government to have a scheme in place for April 2013, which will be subject to review.

Question reference: S4W-05557

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2012
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 10 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what funds are being made available to NHS boards for 2012-13.

Territorial boards have been given a revenue resource allocation increase of £215 million for 2012-13, an average increase over the equivalent 2011-12 allocation of 2.9%. Special health boards allocations have increased by 0.8%; in addition, differential efficiency savings have been allocated to the elements of special boards budgets not providing direct patient care.

Details of Boards revenue resource allocations for 2012-13 and indicative figures for 2013-14 to 2014-15 are as follows:

��	2012-13 Initial Allocation	2012-13 Funding Uplift	�� 2013-14 Indicative	2013-14 Indicative	2014-15 Indicative	2014-15 Indicative
��	£��	%	£��	%	£��	%
Territorial Boards	��	��	��	��	��	��
Ayrshire and Arran	586.9	2.3%	603.1	2.8%	618.5	2.6%
Borders	170.7	2.2%	175.4	2.8%	179.8	2.5%
Dumfries and Galloway	246.4	2.2%	253.2	2.8%	259.6	2.5%
Fife	520.8	2.8%	535.1	2.8%	548.8	2.6%
Forth Valley	418.2	4.0%	429.8	2.8%	440.8	2.6%
Grampian	713.1	3.4%	732.8	2.8%	751.5	2.6%
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	1,937.9	2.4%	1,991.3	2.8%	2,042.7	2.6%
Highland	496.0	2.5%	509.7	2.8%	522.6	2.5%
Lanarkshire	837.9	2.8%	861.0	2.8%	883.0	2.6%
Lothian	1,092.7	3.7%	1,122.8	2.8%	1,151.6	2.6%
Orkney	32.8	4.2%	33.7	2.8%	34.5	2.6%
Shetland	37.6	2.7%	38.6	2.8%	39.6	2.6%
Tayside	611.2	2.7%	628.0	2.8%	644.0	2.5%
Western Isles	59.1	2.5%	60.7	2.8%	62.2	2.6%
��	7,761.3	2.9%	7,975.2	2.8%	8,179.2	2.6%
NRAC (allocations to be confirmed)	��	��	��	��	��	��
2013-14	-	-	42.0	0.5%	43.1	2.6%
2014-15	-	-	-	-	42.0	0.5%
��	-	-	8,017.2	3.3%	8,264.3	3.1%
Special Health Boards	��	��	��	��	��	��
National Waiting Times Centre	39.4	0.8%	39.8	1.0%	40.2	1.0%
Scottish Ambulance Service	203.8	3.0%	205.9	1.0%	207.9	1.0%
National Services Scotland	277.3	-0.6%	280.0	1.0%	282.8	1.0%
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	16.6	-4.2%	16.8	1.0%	16.9	1.0%
The State Hospitals Board for Scotland	33.2	0.8%	33.6	1.0%	33.9	1.0%
NHS 24	60.1	0.8%	60.7	1.0%	61.3	1.0%
NHS Education for Scotland	391.1	-0.5%	395.0	1.0%	398.9	1.0%
NHS Health Scotland	19.3	-4.2%	19.5	1.0%	19.7	1.0%
��	1,040.8	0.2%	1,051.3	1.0%	1,061.6	1.0%
Totals	8,802.1	2.5%	9,068.5	3.0%	9,325.9	2.8%

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The 2011-12 baseline on which the uplift has been calculated has been restated reflecting in-year recurrent allocations to both territorial and special health boards.

The uneven spread of revenue resource uplift across territorial boards is due to various funding allocations being made on a basis other than the NRAC formula i.e. £76 million Access Support, £32 million NRAC funding parity, £22 million Prisoner Healthcare transfer to NHSScotland and £10 million additional funding to support the Adult Social Care Change Fund.

The Capital allocation is part of a £2 billion capital programme during the four years of the CSR. In 2012-13 the allocation of £580.9 million represents a record high for the health capital investment programme.

Details of boards capital resource allocations for 2012-13 and indicative figures for 2013-14 to 2014-15 are as follows:

��	2012-13	2013-14 Indicative	2014-15 Indicative
��	£��	£��	£��
Territorial Boards	��	��	��
Ayrshire and Arran	12.0	13.0	19.5
Borders	4.3	4.1	2.4
Dumfries and Galloway	6.0	5.4	5.1
Fife	12.5	14.7	13.9
Forth Valley	5.0	5.5	6.3
Grampian	49.1	19.1	23.0
Greater Glasgow and Clyde	336.4	313.3	145.9
Highland	8.3	12.6	8.5
Lanarkshire	19.2	11.0	12.5
Lothian	50.9	44.3	40.5
Orkney	1.0	1.0	1.0
Shetland	3.1	1.0	1.1
Tayside	15.6	12.2	9.8
Western Isles	1.7	3.7	1.4
��	525.1	460.9	290.9
Special Health Boards	��	��	��
National Waiting Times Centre	3.0	3.0	3.0
Scottish Ambulance Service	14.3	13.1	8.5
National Services Scotland	3.8	5.8	5.8
Healthcare Improvement Scotland	0.2	0.2	0.2
The State Hospital	1.6	0.3	0.3
NHS 24	0.3	0.3	0.3
NHS Health Scotland	0.5	0.5	0.5
��	23.7	23.2	18.6
Retained Centrally	32.1	42.9	82.3
Totals	580.9	527.0	391.8

Question reference: S4O-00608

Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is taking forward strategic plans to improve the rail network in Glasgow.