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-15312
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support NHS boards that have outsourced Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and other services to bring any such services back in-house.
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Question reference: S6W-14849
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with bus companies regarding the incorporation of towns in (a) Dumfries and Galloway and (b) the Scottish Borders Council areas into routes from major Scottish cities to the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-14848
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ability of residents in (a) Dumfries and Galloway and (b) the Scottish Borders to travel to major cities in the UK using public transport.
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Question reference: S6W-14847
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek a commitment from bus companies to reinstate or establish routes from towns in (a) Dumfries and Galloway and (b) the Scottish Borders Council areas to improve connectivity between these areas and the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-14701
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much the redevelopment of Troon railway station will cost; by what date the work will be completed, and whether it will retain a staffed ticket office.
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Question reference: S6W-15311
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS boards currently outsource services to the private provider, Healios, and which services are outsourced.
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Question reference: S6W-15310
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the outsourcing of mental health services to private companies.
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Question reference: S6W-15309
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS boards moving from paper-based appointment and diagnostic evidence gathering systems to online systems is a helpful and deliverable step towards reducing backlogs in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), particularly in instances where backlogs predate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6O-01921
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on its ongoing targets to tackle child poverty of any reduction in local government funding.
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Question reference: S6W-13684
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to deal with any disruption to transport in the South Scotland region caused by flooding.