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
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Question reference: S5W-24984
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish-domiciled students were accepted at Scottish universities to study medicine in each academic year since 2014, also broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S5W-24985
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish-domiciled students applied to study medicine at Scottish universities in each academic year since 2014, also broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S5W-25114
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24399 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 August 2019, whether there will be a formal evaluation of the Workplace Equality Fund and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S5W-25113
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24399 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 August 2019, what systematic change has taken place, and what inequalities have been overcome as a result of the Workplace Equality Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-24967
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the observation by the Chief Medical Officer in annex 1 to A Summary of the Health of the Nation that "Mortality in Scotland has hardly improved in the last five years – this is almost unprecedented since the Second World War"; what analysis it has carried out of the reason for this trend, and what action it is taking to reverse it.
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Question reference: S5W-24970
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the observation by the Chief Medical Officer in annex 1 to A Summary of the Health of the Nation that "Mortality inequalities in Scotland started to increase after 2011. Mortality rates have worsened in the most deprived fifth of Scottish areas, and overall inequalities by deprivation have widened"; what analysis it has carried out of the reason for these trends, and what action it is taking to reverse them.
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Question reference: S5O-03547
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde about the closure of the out of hours service at the Vale of Leven Hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-24815
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to reduce paediatric surgery waiting times at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow and when it expects these to improve.
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Question reference: S5W-24983
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage school pupils to study medicine.
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Question reference: S5W-24968
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the information on mortality rates was contained in annex 1 to A Summary of the Health of the Nation and not in the body of the main document, Personalising Realistic Medicine: Chief Medical Officer for Scotland's Annual Report 2017-2018.
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