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-24464
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the demand for free personal care for people under 65 (Frank’s Law).
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Question reference: S5W-24466
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the total amount allocated through option one of self-directed support (direct payments) has been under the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-24467
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the operation of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013 and, if not, whether it will do so.
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Question reference: S5W-24422
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the rate of delayed discharge has been in each local authority area for people who have a learning disability in each month since January 2019, and what the 10 most common reasons have been for the delays.
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Question reference: S5W-24431
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19393 by Clare Haughey on 7 November 2018, whether it will provide an update on the level of prescribing anti-depressants since the response was published.
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Question reference: S5W-24423
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who have a learning disability are cared for in private care homes, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5W-24424
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many private care homes in each local authority area provide care for people who have a learning disability.
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Question reference: S5W-24399
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs have been created by the Workplace Equality Fund in each month since its launch in February 2018, broken down by protected characteristic.
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Question reference: S5W-24444
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has is spent on aids and adaptations to make housing accessible in each year since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-24402
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 July 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 August 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it requires those arranging national sporting events, such as the Scottish Open, to provide access for disabled people who are attending as spectators.
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