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-13644
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how the £61.9 million increase in National Care Service and adult social care expenditure in its 2023-24 Budget will be allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-13645
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the National Care Service and adult social care budget allocation in its 2023-24 Budget will be allocated to (a) the National Care Service and (b) adult social care.
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Question reference: S6W-13643
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the National Care Service and adult social care budget allocations under health and social care expenditure in its 2023-24 Budget.
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Question reference: S6W-13642
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken an impact assessment on its proposals to move specialist mental health services to the remit of a National Care Service, and, if so, whether it will publish this information.
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Question reference: S6O-01781
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fully considered the economic consequences of its presumption against new oil and gas exploration, both to workers within the industry and to the wider Scottish economy as a whole.
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Question reference: S6W-13011
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to improve the wellbeing of junior doctors and, in turn, the safety of patients, by providing support to ensure consistent access to nutritious food at NHS workplaces.
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Question reference: S6T-01020
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Strep A cases in Scotland, including what it is doing to mitigate any risks.
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Question reference: S6W-12317
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-11406 and S6W-11407 by Maree Todd on 25 October 2022, whether it will confirm start dates for the commencement of the short life working groups on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) equipment provision and reviewing domiciliary eye care services provision, and, if it is the case that the start dates cannot be confirmed, whether it will provide an anticipated timescale for when decisions will be taken on the start dates.
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Question reference: S6W-12318
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timescales for any actions it is taking to support and develop community eyecare services across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01668
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm whether WhatsApp messaging by the health secretary and his ministers are covered by Freedom of Information legislation and the processes that are in place to archive these to prevent them being inadvertently lost or otherwise deleted.