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-27116
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards currently use Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) systems to ensure that people with Parkinson’s receive their medication on time when they are in hospital, and what steps it is taking to ensure that all NHS boards prioritise their use for this purpose.
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Question reference: S5W-27114
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have fully implemented Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HEPMA) to date, and when each remaining board is expected to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-27057
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 29 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it can take to advise consumers regarding the recently-announced recall of washing machines by Whirlpool.
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Question reference: S5W-26880
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it provides to local authorities about the assessment of affordability in the application of fees for social care services.
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Question reference: S5W-26879
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities about charging for social care services.
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Question reference: S5W-26881
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether social care charges for (a) people with learning disabilities, (b) people with physical disabilities and (c) elderly care have increased in the last three years, and, if so, by what percentage.
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Question reference: S5W-26907
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many planning (a) practitioners have been employed and (b) applications have been decided by each local planning authority in each year since 2012-13.
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Question reference: S5O-03984
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average and longest waiting time is for paediatric ear, nose and throat treatment in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and what action is being taken to reduce these waiting times.
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Question reference: S5W-26669
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23182 by Roseanna Cunningham on 22 May 2019, in light of the cabinet secretary's comment that the Water Industry Commission's updated decision paper was due to be published in the summer, whether it will confirm what the reason has been for the delay in it subsequently doing so, and by what date the report will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-26531
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 10 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will provide to Fareshare in 2019-20; how much has been allocated in the financial year so far, and how this money has been or will be used.
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