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-21407
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether service level agreements offer adequate employment protection for people on a secondment that is governed by one within the NHS and civil service.
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Question reference: S6W-21411
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed on a secondment to the Scottish Government that is governed by a service level agreement and subsequently returned to their substantive post in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21408
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently on a secondment, to the Scottish Government from NHS Ayrshire and Arran, that is governed by a service level agreement.
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Question reference: S6W-21413
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people on a secondment to the Scottish Government that is governed by a service level agreement have had their secondment renewed on an annual or bi-annual basis in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-21414
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of its current total workforce is on a secondment to the Scottish Government that is governed by a service level agreement.
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Question reference: S6W-21856
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much total funding has been put into mental health services in each financial year since 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-21855
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding through the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (a) has been provided in each financial year since 2021-22 and (b) will be made available in the next two financial years.
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Question reference: S6W-21854
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding for mental health services has been allocated to prevention in each financial year since 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-21764
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is possible for a local authority to revoke a person's free bus travel card under the Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme if they are found to be using the bus network to commit criminal offences in multiple areas away from their home address.
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Question reference: S6W-22096
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to increase capacity in NHS Ayrshire and Arran to prevent operations being cancelled for reasons related to capacity and other non-clinical issues.
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