Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-09198
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of (a) restraint and (b) seclusion were recorded in (i) healthcare (ii) social care and (iii) education settings for children, young people and adults who have a learning disability, in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-09166
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has set a national standard for delivery of rehabilitation for those who have had a stroke.
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Question reference: S6W-09010
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates will be raised from the rationalisation of the public sector estate, as set out in the Resource Spending Review.
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Question reference: S6W-09011
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which of the 129 public sector bodies it plans to reform.
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Question reference: S6W-09012
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many public sector bodies it considers are required for good governance and regulation of the country.
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Question reference: S6W-09189
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that community facilities for the most vulnerable people in the Lothian region, such as Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre and Braid Health & Wellbeing, are under threat due to the most recent local government funding settlement.
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Question reference: S6W-09160
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many schools the Equally Safe at School programme is currently running in.
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Question reference: S6W-09148
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what interim targets it has set to clear (a) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and (b) psychological therapies waiting times by March 2023, as set out in the NHS Recovery Plan 2021-2026.
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Question reference: S6W-09220
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many mental health patients from Scotland have been admitted as inpatients to hospitals and other settings in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-09195
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to monitor the current use of restraint and restrictive practices in (a) healthcare (b) social care and (c) education settings for children, young people and adults who have a learning disability.
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