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Question reference: S5W-16799

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many staff there are in each of its (a) directorates and (b) agencies, also broken down by their total value of salaries.

Question reference: S5W-16804

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many advertisements have been placed with external recruitment companies by each of its (a) directorates and (b) agencies in each month since April 2017, and how many staff were hired as a result of each.

Question reference: S5W-16800

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) temporary and (b) seconded staff there are in each of its (i) directorates and (ii) agencies, also broken down by their total value of salaries.

Question reference: S5W-16802

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what limit it has set regarding the number of (a) temporary, (b) seconded and (c) employment agency staff that each of its (i) directorates and (ii) agencies can hire.

Question reference: S5W-16803

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 18 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each of its (a) directorates and (b) agencies has spent on external recruitment agencies in each month since April 2017.

Question reference: S5W-16453

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether there have been any concerns reported to the National Out-of-Hours Operations Group regarding (a) staffing challenges and (b) suspension or unavailability of service at the Airdrie primary care out-of-hours service and, if so, whether it will provide details of these.

Question reference: S5W-16847

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16547 by Angela Constance on 22 May 2018, whether the service will be contracted through Social Security Scotland or another part of the Scottish Government.

Question reference: S5O-02148

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what investment it has committed to transport infrastructure in the Central Scotland region.

Question reference: S5W-16576

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 11 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-15241 by Jeane Freeman on 27 March 2018, when it will publish the final business case for the social security agency, including the preferred option for assessments.

The full business case for Social Security Scotland will be prepared as the agency approaches steady state and the actual costs of all of its commitments are known. This includes the commitment on the preferred option for assessments, a decision on which will be confirmed in due course. The outline business case for the agency was informed by the existing expenditure by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), including expenditure on the DWP assessments process.

Question reference: S5W-16452

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Lanarkshire regarding its reported difficulty providing medical cover for its primary care out-of-hours service.

Scottish Government Officials are in regular contact with NHS Lanarkshire, as with all Health Boards, on out of hours issues through a variety of channels, e.g. through attendance at the National Out of Hours Operations Group or when gathering information on OOH cover over the Festive and Easter period or in response to specific intelligence. With regard to this specific issue we have liaised with NHS Lanarkshire who have provided reassurance that when OOH services have been forced to close the Airdrie site and operate from the Douglas St Clinic in Hamilton, they have managed to cope with demand, and where necessary provide additional transport for those patients who have difficulty getting to Hamilton.

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