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-13504
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed a national wellbeing programme that seeks to support the mental health and wellbeing of the health and social care workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-13754
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much water it estimates was lost due to burst pipes in the South Scotland parliamentary region, broken down by local authority, in each month since January 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-13946
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13457 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, how often this stakeholder group is meeting, and when it last met.
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Question reference: S6W-13945
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13457 by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023, whether the national induction framework for social care staff has targets attached to it, and, if so, what these are.
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Question reference: S6W-13721
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to help fill hard-to-fill posts in neurology, neurophysiology, neuroradiology and neuro-rehabilitation.
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Question reference: S6W-13720
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to improve workforce data, analysis, modelling and scenario planning in the neurology, neurophysiology, neuroradiology and neuro-rehabilitation fields.
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Question reference: S6W-13706
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) promote and (b) support the implementation of the March 2019 Healthcare Improvement Scotland General Standards for Neurological Care and Support.
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Question reference: S6W-13719
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has tested how national workforce planning solutions can help address any capacity challenges for the neurological workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-13788
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many incidents of burst water pipes were reported in the South Scotland region in December 2022, and how this figure compares with December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-13789
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of a pipe leak have been submitted to Scottish Water in each year since 2007 in the South Scotland region.