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-14416
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what training and education on diabetes is available to all healthcare professionals, and what percentage of healthcare professionals have received that training, broken down by body.
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Question reference: S6W-14374
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with diabetes have had a foot screening in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14364
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of adults with type 2 diabetes were newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14338
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the Deposit Return Scheme will have on consumer choice.
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Question reference: S6W-14380
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people with type 1 diabetes have had access to flash glucose monitoring in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14169
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many new health and care technologies have been tested in a digital testing environment, and which ones have been taken forward for further development or implementation, since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14170
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has an assurance process to ensure that health and care digital innovations are developed in an ethical, standards-based way, and, if this is the case, how much was spent on creating it.
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Question reference: S6W-14154
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is using artificial intelligence to create data-driven recommendations in health and social care.
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Question reference: S6W-14242
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, how many non-executive board members have completed the e-learning module on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act.
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Question reference: S6W-14241
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13542 by Humza Yousaf on 20 January 2023, whether the e-learning module for non-executive board members on the Public Sector Equality Duty and the Equality Act is mandatory.
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