Willie Rennie

30 Apr 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

23 Apr 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

26 Mar 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

23 Mar 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was of the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This work involved a very small amount of staff time, within a much larger programme and so a precise figure is not available. However, we estimate the total cost is likely to have been around £3,000. All of this work was carried out within existing NRS budge…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board conducted a cost/benefit analysis of the research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census and, if so, what it concluded.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. The prog…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) public bodies, (b) companies or (c) consultants or contractors were involved in the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. …

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board had the consent of the people concerned when it linked records from the 2011 census and the NHSCR.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the NHSCR and an extract of the 2011 census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. The Data Protection Act 1998 does not requi…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s decision to link the 2011 census and NHSCR is consistent with the Scottish Government's identity and management principles.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. T…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether an identifying number or code is retained in either the 2011 census or the NHS Central Register to allow individual records in one system to be cross-referenced to the other.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: No. Neither the 2011 Census nor the NHS Central Register systems contain an identifying number or code which allows individual records to be cross-referenced between the two.

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether information from the 2011 census has been included in the NHS Central Register.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: No. Linkage work between the 2011 Census and the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) was carried out in 2013 between two very limited subsets extracted from the datasets, by NRS staff on NRS systems in NRS premises. The linkage was a purely stati…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the outcomes were of the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s decision to link the NHSCR to the 2011 census.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. S…

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board linked the NHSCR to the 2011 census.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. …

10 Mar 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government on what legislative authority the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board decided to link the NHSCR to the 2011 census.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The linkage which was carried out between an extract of the National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) and an extract of the 2011 Census was carried out under the direction of the Beyond 2011 Programme Board which was chaired by the Registrar General. …

6 Mar 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

26 Feb 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4O-04026 by John Swinney on 19 February 2015 (Official Report, c.6), in light of the concerns raised regarding the proposed amendments to the NHS central register, what lessons it has learned from the decision of the UK Government in 2010 not to procee…

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government had no need to take lessons from the decision of the UK Government. The Scottish Government has had, and has, no plans to create an ID database or to introduce ID cards. The National Health Service central register has been in existenc…

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 did not include an assessment of safeguards against abuse that would be introduced if the register was extended.

Answer · John Swinney: Privacy impact assessments will be completed for all provisions before regulations are laid. The consultation also makes clear that the Registrar General would only share information if he has put in place data sharing agreements which would provide safeguard…

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 did not include details of the legal instruments that would be used to ensure that any extension of the register complied with data protection legislation.

Answer · John Swinney: Data protection legislation requires data to be processed fairly and lawfully. The consultation sets out the detail of the amendments that would be made to the 2006 Regulations to provide the legal basis for sharing at the discretion of the Registrar General.…

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when the responses to its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 will be published online.

Answer · John Swinney: The responses to the consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 will be published online within 25 working days after the close of the consultation in line with Scottish Government guidance. Response…

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how long it would take to implement the changes to the NHS central register, as proposed in its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

Answer · John Swinney: The only proposed change to the NHS central register is to supplement existing postcode information with postcode information sourced from the Community Health Index system. As with other amendments, this would be implemented following the completion of a dat…

25 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to implement its proposals to expand the use of the NHS central register, as proposed in its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006.  

Answer · John Swinney: The costs of providing additional public bodies with the ability to use myaccount will be absorbed within the existing budget for this service. The costs of the other proposals would be minimal and met within existing budgets.

23 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it carried out with external stakeholders regarding plans for the extension of access to the NHS Central Register ahead of the launch of the public consultation on the issue.

Answer · John Swinney: Discussions were had with key stakeholders from across the Scottish public sector and HMRC as the proposals were being developed. These discussions helped to inform the final proposals set out in the public consultation.

23 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the public consultation on plans for the extension of access to the NHS Central Register until a privacy impact assessment is completed.

Answer · John Swinney: I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-24598 on 4 March 2015. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at: www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness…

23 Feb 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to carrying out a privacy impact assessment on plans for the extension of access to the NHS Central Register.

Answer · John Swinney: The NHS Central Register (NHSCR) is a register managed by National Records of Scotland and was created in the early 1950s. There is no Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) for the NHSCR as a whole since it pre-dates this requirement. The Scottish Government and d…

5 Feb 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

2 Feb 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

19 Jan 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

12 Jan 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

11 Dec 2014 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.