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-04157
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will appoint a judge to lead the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-04158
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a timeline for the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-03210
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many clinical nurse specialists have been employed by the NHS in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-03209
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses have (a) joined and (b) left the NHS in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-04159
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the final aims and principles or brief for the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-04024
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Interface Care and Discharge without Delay programmes will extend to mental health services.
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Question reference: S6W-04023
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, when developing the Interface Care and Discharge without Delay programmes, what assessment it made of the current delayed discharges situation for (a) physical and (b) mental healthcare.
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Question reference: S6O-00342
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on community sentencing.
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Question reference: S6W-03562
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the NHS and Care Winter Package will support the care of people with severe mental ill health, including those experiencing a delayed discharge from hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-03561
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03252 by Kevin Stewart on 5 October 2021, what the estimated spend on dementia by each Integration Joint Board has been in each year since 2016.
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