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-17113
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to improve data collection among women with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, in order to assess the outcome of primary cancer treatments.
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Question reference: S6W-17162
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the funding made available to subsidise coach education through sportscotland in each of the last five years, including the number of coaches who have received support.
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Question reference: S6W-17120
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care made official visits to NHS hospitals in each year since his appointment in May 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-17152
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made along with NHS Grampian of the potential for further slippage in the delivery of The Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre Project regarding any redesign that is needed following the issues raised in the latest Key Stage Assurance Review.
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Question reference: S6W-17122
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours per week the Women's Health Champion is contracted to work in her role, and when her tenure is expected to end.
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Question reference: S6W-17170
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to (a) Inverurie Medical Practice and (b) Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership, to ensure that the population of Inverurie will continue to receive primary care services, following the decision of the GP practice partners to end their contract with NHS Grampian.
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Question reference: S6W-17151
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to support women at risk of osteoporosis around the time of menopause.
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Question reference: S6W-17118
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its aim to eliminate hepatitis C in Scotland by 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-17186
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking alongside NHS Scotland to address the reported delay in issuing cervical screening results from both of the laboratories located in Scotland, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the current backlog of cervical cancer screenings in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-17116
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment in the Women's Health Plan 2021-24 to improve access to "speedy diagnosis" for endometriosis, in light of reports that the current average diagnosis time is eight and a half years from the onset of symptoms.