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Showing 260 of 496 matching items. Latest 30 days: 48.

Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S4W-30317	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2016
S4W-30316	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2016
S4O-05651	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	10 Mar 2016
S4O-05503	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	28 Jan 2016
S4W-29310	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	28 Jan 2016
S4W-28923	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	20 Jan 2016
S4W-29006	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Jan 2016
S4W-28924	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Jan 2016
S4W-28925	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28919	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28917	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28916	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28915	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28913	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2016
S4W-28914	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Jan 2016
S4W-28912	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Jan 2016
S4W-28911	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Jan 2016
S4W-28922	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jan 2016
S4W-28921	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jan 2016
S4W-28920	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jan 2016
S4W-28910	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jan 2016
S4W-28909	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jan 2016
S4W-28731	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2015
S4W-28729	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2015
S4W-28727	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2015
S4W-28726	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2015
S4M-14528	£300,000 Awarded to a New Family Support Service in Inverclyde	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	16 Oct 2015
S4M-13357	Extension of the Blue Badge Eligibility Criteria	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	16 Sep 2015
S4M-13372	NHS Scotland, Time for a Public Debate	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	04 Jun 2015
S4M-12769	Health Inequalities	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	26 Mar 2015
S4M-11728	Football Broadcaster, Arthur Montford	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	27 Nov 2014
S4W-22978	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2014
S4M-10879	Congratulations to Steve Langan and Friends on Completing Mongol Rally	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	25 Aug 2014
S4F-02267	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question First Minister's Question	21 Aug 2014
S4O-03171	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	01 May 2014
S4W-20530	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2014
S4W-20529	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2014
S4W-20528	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2014
S4W-20527	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2014
S4W-20526	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Apr 2014
S4O-03139	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	24 Apr 2014
S4W-20525	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	24 Apr 2014
S4O-02982	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	06 Mar 2014
S4W-19596	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	04 Mar 2014
S4W-19595	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	04 Mar 2014
S4O-02950	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	27 Feb 2014
S4O-02907	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	19 Feb 2014
S4O-02856	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	29 Jan 2014
S4O-02803	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	16 Jan 2014
S4O-02663	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	04 Dec 2013
S4M-08507	Scotland's Nurses	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	04 Dec 2013
S4O-02631	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	27 Nov 2013
S4O-02621	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	21 Nov 2013
S4M-08059	Congratulations to Isabel Lind for Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Teaching Award	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	22 Oct 2013
S4O-02406	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	19 Sep 2013
S4O-02376	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	12 Sep 2013
S4M-06389	ASH Scotland's 40th Anniversary	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	26 Jun 2013
S4O-02180	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	29 May 2013
S4O-02096	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	09 May 2013
S4W-13761	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	16 Apr 2013
S4W-13765	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13764	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13763	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13762	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13760	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13759	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13757	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13756	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13755	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13754	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4W-13753	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Apr 2013
S4O-01982	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	28 Mar 2013
S4W-13461	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Mar 2013
S4W-13238	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2013
S4O-01881	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	06 Mar 2013
S4O-01854	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	28 Feb 2013
S4W-12877	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2013
S4W-12876	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2013
S4W-12875	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2013
S4O-01782	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	06 Feb 2013
S4O-01718	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	23 Jan 2013
S4O-01670	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	10 Jan 2013
S4O-01611	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11648	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11534	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11533	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11531	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11530	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11529	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11528	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4W-11527	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Dec 2012
S4M-05043	Congratulations to Adele and Elissa Mitchell	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	28 Nov 2012
S4O-01374	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	24 Oct 2012
S4M-04512	A Wider Lens	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	22 Oct 2012
S4O-01338	No title given	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	03 Oct 2012
S4M-04179	Health and Sport Committee Inquiry into Support for Community Sport	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	20 Sep 2012
S4M-04040	Passing the Baton from London to Glasgow	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	07 Sep 2012
S4M-03844	Allan McGraw for the SFA Hall of Fame	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	16 Aug 2012
S4M-03821	Glowing Report for River Clyde Homes	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	14 Aug 2012
S4M-03346	Breathe Easy Week	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	15 Jun 2012
S4O-01082	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on its reform of post-16 education.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	31 May 2012
S4M-03067	Relocation of Waterloo Road	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	28 May 2012
S4O-01014	To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that the work of the NHS National Planning Forum and its subgroups is widely reported.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	17 May 2012
S4O-00969	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Housing and Transport last met the chief executive of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	10 May 2012
S4W-06993	To ask the Scottish Executive how much was allocated from the Change Fund to Inverclyde Community Health and Care Partnership in 2011-12 and how much will be allocated in 2012-13.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 May 2012
S4O-00961	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that Greenock and Inverclyde is not disproportionately affected by the current economic climate.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	02 May 2012
S4W-06313	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05593 by Kenny MacAskill on 28 February 2012, which bodies received resources from the national programme of materials and how much	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2012
S4W-06312	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05593 by Kenny MacAskill on 28 February 2012, how much was spent in each area of the national programme of materials in each year o	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2012
S4W-06311	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05593 by Kenny MacAskill on 28 February 2012, whether there was an underspend in any year of the campaign's central budget and, if	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Apr 2012
S4O-00854	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tackle youth unemployment in Greenock and Inverclyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	29 Mar 2012
S4W-06144	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received confirmation from the European Union on whether an independent Scotland would have to adopt the euro in order to be accepted as a member state.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	23 Mar 2012
S4W-06143	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has engaged with the European Union (EU) to confirm what the EU's formal position would be should an independent Scotland wish to become a member state.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	23 Mar 2012
S4W-06142	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received independent legal opinion regarding the terms under which an independent Scotland would be able to join the European Union and, if so, whether it	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	23 Mar 2012
S4O-00846	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the chief executive officer of the Scottish Prison Service.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	22 Mar 2012
S4W-06145	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05593 by Kenny MacAskill on 28 February 2012, who received materials in Inverclyde; what materials they received, and what the valu	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	19 Mar 2012
S4M-02175	Report on Inquiry into the Regulation of Care for Older People	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	07 Mar 2012
S4W-05593	To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it allocated to each No Knives, Better Lives campaign area in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11, is allocating in 2011-12 and will allocate in 2012-13.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2012
S4M-02033	Health Commitment to Asbestos Victims	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	15 Feb 2012
S4O-00658	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to promote jobs in Greenock and Inverclyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	02 Feb 2012
S4O-00562	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	12 Jan 2012
S4O-00492	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to create jobs in Inverclyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	15 Dec 2011
S4O-00435	To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the reorganisation of Caledonian MacBrayne will have on the communities who rely on its services.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	01 Dec 2011
S4O-00413	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the chief executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	24 Nov 2011
S4O-00369	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the Scottish Prison Service.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	17 Nov 2011
S4F-00258	To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the GMC survey suggesting that junior doctors feel pressured to work more than a 48-hour week.	McNeil, Duncan	Question First Minister's Question	10 Nov 2011
S4M-01159	Waterloo Road Relocates to Greenock	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	27 Oct 2011
S4O-00249	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met the Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Portfolio Question	06 Oct 2011
S4M-00718	Lunar Trek	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	23 Aug 2011
S4M-00516	Tall Ships Race 2011	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	08 Aug 2011
S4M-00544	Tenth Anniversary of Inverclyde Tourist Group	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	20 Jul 2011
S3M-07898	30th Anniversary of the Lee Jeans Sit-in	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	10 Mar 2011
S3M-08022	Declare "I'm Aware" for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2011	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	25 Feb 2011
S3W-37752	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to the No Knives Better Lives campaign in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland for 2011-12.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Dec 2010
S3W-37708	To ask the Scottish Executive what the planned completion dates are for each phase of HMP Inverclyde.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2010
S3W-37707	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the planned expenditure on HMP Inverclyde will be financed from the capital budget of the Scottish Prison Service.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2010
S3W-37706	To ask the Scottish Executive what the planned annual expenditure on HMP Inverclyde will be over each year of the projected time span of the construction period.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	25 Nov 2010
S3O-11908	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in tackling knife crime.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	11 Nov 2010
S3W-36711	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will assist Inverclyde Renewables Alliance in developing Inverclyde as a renewables manufacturing location following its inclusion in the west coast cluster in the	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	04 Nov 2010
S3W-36712	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been allocated to the No Knives Better Lives campaign, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority area.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	28 Oct 2010
S3W-36710	To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with the Spanish manufacturing firm, Gamesa, regarding investment in the Scottish renewables industry and what future meetings it has planned.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	27 Oct 2010
S3M-06458	Bursary Cuts at James Watt College 1 linked amendment	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	01 Jun 2010
S3M-06318	Report on Local Government Finance	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	19 May 2010
S3M-06197	Campaigning Newspapers	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	23 Apr 2010
S3M-06134	Halt Hospice Cuts	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	13 Apr 2010
S3W-32104	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions ministers have had with the UK Government in respect of the Report to the Secretary of State on the Review of Elective Home Education in England, publish	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32103	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on setting the minimum number of teaching hours required for a home-schooled child.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32102	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on the required qualifications for someone who teaches a home-schooled child.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32101	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on inspecting teaching arrangements for home-schooled children.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32100	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to local authorities on monitoring the progress or needs of home-schooled children.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32099	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it issues to parents who home-school their children.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32098	To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were registered to be home-schooled in each of the last five years.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Mar 2010
S3W-32106	To ask the Scottish Executive how many unsuccessful job applications newly qualified midwives are expected to have made before they are eligible for the one year job guarantee scheme for nurses and mi	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2010
S3W-32105	To ask the Scottish Executive how many newly qualified midwives have (a) applied to and (b) received assistance under the one year job guarantee scheme for nurses and midwives since the scheme’s incep	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2010
S3O-09385	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with Sail Inverclyde regarding the Tall Ships Races’ 2011.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	04 Feb 2010
S3W-31016	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the Energy Assistance Package have been successfully appealed after initially being rejected.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Feb 2010
S3W-31015	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the Energy Assistance Package have been appealed after initially being rejected.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Feb 2010
S3W-31014	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications it has received to the Energy Assistance Package.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Feb 2010
S3W-31013	To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwifery posts are being covered by bank midwives and at what cost, broken down by NHS board.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2010
S3W-31012	To ask the Scottish Executive how many midwives are being supported by the one year job guarantee scheme for nurses and midwives and at what cost, broken down by NHS board.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2010
S3W-31011	To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to support the one year job guarantee scheme for nurses and midwives.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2010
S3O-09122	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to ensure that newly qualified midwives find positions in the health service.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	14 Jan 2010
S3M-04940	Report on Equal Pay in Local Government	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	01 Oct 2009
S3W-26942	To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings between Scottish ministers, officials and representatives from the state of Qatar have taken place since 2007.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	23 Sep 2009
S3W-26943	To ask the Scottish Executive what business organisations with links to the Qatar Government have met Scottish ministers and Scottish Development International since 2007.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	18 Sep 2009
S3W-26940	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that a visit by Scottish ministers to Qatar to discuss investment and trade is still appropriate and, if so, when it plans to proceed with the vis	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	18 Sep 2009
S3W-26941	To ask the Scottish Executive for what purpose the First Minister hosted ambassadors from the state of Qatar on 11 June 2009; who participated in the meeting; whether the issue of the release of Abdel	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Sep 2009
S3W-26635	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to tackle drug driving.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Sep 2009
S3W-26634	To ask the Scottish Executive on what grounds prisoners have had applications for release on compassionate grounds rejected since 2000 and for what crime each failed applicant had been serving a custo	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	14 Sep 2009
S3W-26503	To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners have been released on compassionate grounds since 2000.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Sep 2009
S3W-26378	To ask the Scottish Executive what additional financial support was made available to the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) to allow it to effectively assist the large number of empl	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Sep 2009
S3W-26377	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the employees made redundant from the TSC contact centre in Greenock were offered access to high-quality training.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2009
S3W-26376	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the employees made redundant by the TSC contact centre in Greenock were offered and took up one-to-one counselling and advice on career development.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2009
S3W-26375	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the employees made redundant from the TSC contact centre in Greenock entered further education and training as a result of intervention by Partnership Action	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2009
S3W-26374	To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the employees made redundant from the TSC contact centre in Greenock have found alternative employment as a result of intervention by Partnership Action for C	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2009
S3W-26373	To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance from the Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) was made available to employees made redundant from the TSC contact centre in Greenock.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Sep 2009
S3W-26381	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Development International and Scottish Enterprise are still pursuing the objective of bringing alternative business to the TSC contact centre in Greenock	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2009
S3W-26380	To ask the Scottish Executive what the extent was of Scottish Enterprise’s involvement with the TSC contact centre in Greenock at the time that the company announced its redundancies.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2009
S3W-26379	To ask the Scottish Executive what the extent was of Scottish Development International’s involvement with the TSC contact centre in Greenock at the time that the company announced its redundancies.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2009
S3W-26502	To ask the Scottish Executivewhat guidance is given to Justice ministers in relation to the release of prisoners on compassionate grounds.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2009
S3W-26501	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Lord Advocate and First Minister were consulted prior to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice visiting convicted murderer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in HMP	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2009
S3W-26500	To ask the Scottish Executive for what purpose the Cabinet Secretary for Justice met convicted murderer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in HMP Greenock on 5 August 2009 and whether he intends to visi	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Sep 2009
S3M-04706	IBM Pensions Proposals	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	26 Aug 2009
S3M-04690	30 Years of Headway	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	13 Aug 2009
S3W-24389	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Scotland have been refused a new central heating system under the energy assistance package since 22 May 2008.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2009
S3W-24391	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people it has reassessed as being eligible for a new central heating system under the revised guidance for stage four of the energy assistance package, broken do	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Jun 2009
S3W-24390	To ask the Scottish Executive how many people refused a new central heating system under stage four of the energy assistance package would now be eligible under the revised guidance, broken down by lo	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Jun 2009
S3W-24393	To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants have been refused a new central heating system under the central heating programme on the basis that they have already received assistance within a 10	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24392	To ask the Scottish Executive when it introduced a rule excluding people from receiving help from stage four of the energy assistance package more than once in a 10-year period.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24388	To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations it consulted prior to introducing revised guidance for its energy assistance package with regard to broken heating systems.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24387	To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it introduced revised guidance for its energy assistance package with regard to broken heating systems.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24386	To ask the Scottish Executive to what organisations it has written with information on its revised guidance for its energy assistance package with regard to broken heating systems, broken down by orga	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24385	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it announced its revised guidance for its energy assistance package with regard to broken heating systems on the Scottish Government website and, if so, on what d	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3W-24384	To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it revised its guidance for its energy assistance package with regard to broken heating systems.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Jun 2009
S3M-04005	Tenth Anniversary of the National Minimum Wage	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	28 Apr 2009
S3O-06625	To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to roll-out the NHS Aroma café concept.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	23 Apr 2009
S3M-03929	No Bail for Knife Offenders	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	20 Apr 2009
S3O-06402	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to protect children who live with a parent with a drug addiction.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	26 Mar 2009
S3O-06217	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take to expand apprenticeship opportunities.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	12 Mar 2009
S3M-03584	National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 - Proposed Framework 3 linked amendments	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	05 Mar 2009
S3W-18625	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the population of Inverclyde is registered with an NHS dentist, broken down by age group.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	15 Dec 2008
S3M-02667	Report on Elections 2007	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	09 Oct 2008
S3M-02145	Congratulations to Ardgowan Hospice	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	12 Jun 2008
S3O-03747	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that changes in the allocations formula for the funding of local government addresses the needs of elderly people in the Inverclyde area.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	12 Jun 2008
S3M-01712	Report on Planning Application Processes (Menie Estate)	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Committee Motion	24 Apr 2008
S3M-01480	Damian's Law	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	04 Mar 2008
S3M-01317	Congratulations to Lawrence Tynes of the New York Giants	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	05 Feb 2008
S3O-02018	To ask the Scottish Executive in what circumstances it considers that community midwife units are the best place for expectant mothers to give birth.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	24 Jan 2008
S3W-06639	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to bring forward planning regulations to modify statutory neighbour notification requirements and, if so, within what timescale.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2007
S3W-06640	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward legislation to modify the structure and operation of community councils.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	29 Nov 2007
S3W-06267	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Charities and Benevolent Fundraising Regulations will be laid.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2007
S3W-05457	To ask the Scottish Executive whether retraining of social workers and other front-line staff in the voluntary sector has taken place to ensure the effective sharing of information relating to at-risk	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Nov 2007
S3W-05456	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2152 by Adam Ingram on 9 August 2007, whether it is confident that effective procedures are in place to ensure that information rel	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Nov 2007
S3W-05455	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2152 by Adam Ingram on 9 August 2007, whether it is confident that communication procedures between police, NHS boards and local au	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	08 Nov 2007
S3W-05458	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is confident that all drug abusers with children undergo multi-agency assessments to enable decisions to be taken on their parental capacity.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2007
S3W-05454	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2152 by Adam Ingram on 9 August 2007, whether it is confident that effective systems are now in place to identify children affected	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2007
S3W-05453	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that core child protection services receive adequate funding.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2007
S3W-05452	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is confident that it is meeting the needs of children who have been identified as living with drug-abusing parents.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2007
S3M-00434	Unidentified, Unprotected	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	07 Sep 2007
S3W-02154	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish local authorities’ responses to the letters received from Scottish ministers in March and May 2006 seeking assurances that all children adversely aff	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Aug 2007
S3W-02153	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the letters sent by Scottish ministers in March and May 2006 to local authorities seeking assurances that all children adversely affected by drugs mi	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Aug 2007
S3W-02152	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that all children adversely affected by drug misuse have now been identified.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Aug 2007
S3W-02151	To ask the Scottish Executive how many children adversely affected by drug misuse have been identified (a) across Scotland and (b) in each (i) local authority and (ii) police force area.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	09 Aug 2007
S3W-01187	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to review the guidelines governing access to NHS fertility services.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2007
S3W-00854	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of public holidays observed by local authorities is uniform across Scotland and, if not, how many are observed by each authority.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2007
S3W-00386	To ask the Scottish Executive what estimates were made of the number of homeowners eligible for its central heating programme (a) in its original form and (b) since its subsequent extension in 2004 an	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2007
S2M-05545	Happy 150th Birthday to the Greenock Telegraph	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	05 Feb 2007
S2W-30928	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current estimated total monetary and staff cost is of policing the Faslane 365 protest, based on the stated intention of disruptive protests on a daily basis unt	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	31 Jan 2007
S2W-30927	To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers and civilian staff were involved in the operation at HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane, on 8 January 2007, including those involved in the processi	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	31 Jan 2007
S2W-30926	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to provide police officers to cover the protest at HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane, on 8 January 2007, also broken down by police division.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	31 Jan 2007
S2W-30925	To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers were assigned to cover the protest at HM Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane, on 8 January 2007, broken down by (a) police division and (b) rank.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	31 Jan 2007
S2W-30741	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the recommendation made in A Fairer Way: Report by the Local Government Finance Review Committee that consideration should be given to introducing a d	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	24 Jan 2007
S2W-29777	To ask the Scottish Executive what work is being done to ensure that the ballot paper which electors will use in the 2007 local government elections to cast their vote is as straightforward and easy t	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	24 Nov 2006
S2W-29778	To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that the ballot paper to be used by voters in the 2007 local government elections is as straightforward and easy to understand as pos	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	17 Nov 2006
S2M-04824	West Kilbride Craft and Design Town	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	20 Sep 2006
S2O-09130	To ask the Scottish Executive on what criteria the locations of the proposed health care pilots were determined.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	02 Mar 2006
S2W-23521	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the publication of its regeneration policy statement.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	28 Feb 2006
S2O-09079	To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has collected on the success of test purchasing of tobacco products by people aged under 16 in reducing illegal sales.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	23 Feb 2006
S2W-22454	To ask the Scottish Executive what funds it has allocated to the Inverclyde area under the Community Safety Award Programme.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2006
S2M-03902	Greenock Telegraph Brighter Smiles Campaign	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	31 Jan 2006
S2W-22455	To ask the Scottish Executive to what projects in the Inverclyde area it has allocated funds under the Community Safety Award Programme.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	30 Jan 2006
S2M-03411	Report on Prioritisation of the Non-Executive Bills Unit's Workload 2 linked amendments	McNeil, Duncan	Motion SPCB Motion	26 Oct 2005
S2M-03335	Jimmy Cowan, The Prince of Goalkeepers	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	22 Sep 2005
S2W-17645	To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to respond to the report by Sir Kenneth Calman which reviewed basic medical education in Scotland.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	29 Jun 2005
S2W-17107	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take on the recommendations contained in the report of Professor James McEwen on the provision of chronic pain services, with particular reference to	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2005
S2W-17106	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to ring-fence funding or to establish separate budgets for the treatment of chronic pain.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	13 Jun 2005
S2M-02671	Baby and Infant Mortality in Inverclyde	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	31 Mar 2005
S2W-12494	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that its investment in improving public health is targeted at Scotland’s most deprived areas, as determined by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivat	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	11 Jan 2005
S2M-02132.6	Iraq	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Motion For Debate	09 Dec 2004
S2W-12493	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it holds figures on spending on (a) health improvement in general and (b) smoking cessation, broken down by Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation zone.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Dec 2004
S2W-12492	To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will spend on smoking cessation services in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06, (i) in total and (ii) broken down by NHS board area.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Dec 2004
S2W-12491	To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on smoking cessation services in 2003-04.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	07 Dec 2004
S2O-03925	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that individuals are aware of their rights under the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004.	McNeil, Duncan	Question General Question	11 Nov 2004
S2M-01578	International Suicide Prevention Week	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	08 Sep 2004
S2W-08996	To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the motion tabled by the Scottish Council to the annual representatives' meeting of the British Medical Association that condemns chronic fa	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	05 Jul 2004
S2W-09042	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will respond to the report by Professor Sir John Temple on the future of Scotland's medical workforce.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2004
S2W-08969	To ask the Scottish Executive what targets it has set for the processing of applications by Disclosure Scotland and how its performance against these targets is monitored.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	24 Jun 2004
S2W-08599	To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to promote and mark the Scottish Year of Homecoming in 2009 and whether any such plans include holding or supporting particular events.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	10 Jun 2004
S2M-01448	NHS Argyll and Clyde's Draft Clinical Strategy	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Standard Motion	09 Jun 2004
S2W-08215	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a revised smallpox action plan.	McNeil, Duncan	Question Written Question	14 May 2004
S2M-01235	Space Invaders	McNeil, Duncan	Motion Members' Business Motion	05 May 2004

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S4W-30317 · Written Question · lodged by McNeil, Duncan

Lodged on

03 Mar 2016

Heard / answered on

17 Mar 2016

To ask the Scottish Government how many drug users have become abstinent since the publication of The Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland's Drug Problem in 2008.

The answer

It is not possible to say how many people have become abstinent since the publication of The Road to Recovery. Moving forward, we are currently working closely with Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland, national commissioned organisations, Alcohol and Drug Partnerships and services to develop a new data collection system (the drug and alcohol information system (DAISy)) which will collect and report on drug and alcohol treatment and outcomes information, including abstinence.
It is important to note, however, that recovery for some individuals is not the same as abstinence. The Road to Recovery set out the importance of developing a system of care which ensured that individuals were offered a treatment and recovery package that best met their needs and aspirations. To that end, we can report that for the last full year of data available (April 2014 to March 2015) 20,801 drug treatments were started for 16,915 people.

Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 Mar 2016.