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-16680
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional practitioners it has provided since the publication of the Endoscopy and Urology Diagnostic Recovery and Renewal Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-16602
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide its latest expected completion dates for all National Treatment Centres that are currently being built.
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Question reference: S6W-16599
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how much funding has been provided to council-owned care homes for older people in each financial year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S6W-16603
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices there are in the top (a) 5% and (b) 10% of the (i) most and (ii) least deprived areas, according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
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Question reference: S6W-16598
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to Integration Joint Boards in each financial year since 2015-16.
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Question reference: S6W-16600
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently employed in the social care sector, broken down by (a) role and (b) type of social care.
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Question reference: S6W-16604
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff have been recruited from overseas in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-16606
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to smoking cessation services in 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-16605
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish any correspondence that it has (a) received from and (b) sent to dental organisations, regarding the multiplier payment, since March 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-16601
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many social care staff are currently employed on zero hours contracts.