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: S5W-29028
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the maximum waiting time should be for a person with lung cancer to be notified that they are in the COVID-19 shielded group, and what its response is to reports of this taking up to seven weeks in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
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Question reference: S5W-28547
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on the capacity of the Care Inspectorate to visit care homes, and how the number of visits in (a) March and (b) April 2020 compares with the same period in 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-28740
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, what action has been taken by the Care Inspectorate to advise care homes of (a) infection control measures, (b) the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPE) and (c) admission protocols, and when.
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Question reference: S5W-29358
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Scotland reportedly has the poorest COVID-19 testing rate in the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-29534
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any likely increase in the demand for mental health services following the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-29535
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to prepare the NHS for any increase in demand for mental health services because of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Question reference: S5W-29533
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been on implementing each of the 34 recommendations by the Ministerial Task Force on Residential Care for Older People in Scotland, which reported in February 2014, and on what date each recommendation was met.
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Question reference: S5W-29529
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many places in private care homes are publicly funded.
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Question reference: S5W-29532
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish data on the place of death for care home residents, in line with the ONS publication of those statistics for England and Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-29043
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many care home residents have been tested for COVID-19, and what percentage of the care homes population this represents.
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