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: S4W-30716
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the formula is for the allocation of funds to adult care hospices.
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Question reference: S4W-30461
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S4W-26058 and S4W-26590 by John Swinney on 23 June 2015 and 25 November 2015, for what reason it has not completed its response to the consultation and whether it will confirm on what date it will do so.
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Question reference: S4W-30471
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-27766 by John Swinney on 27 October 2015, whether it will now confirm what the unitary payments were (a) before and (b) after.
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Question reference: S4W-30470
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28762 by Jamie Hepburn on 10 December 2015, how much of the £35.4 million budgeted for 2015-16 it has spent.
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Question reference: S4W-30315
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of doing kidney transplants from living donors compared with treatment by dialysis.
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Question reference: S4W-30313
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the process is to become a living donor and how long it takes, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-30314
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are enough independent assessors to interview potential living donors and, if not, what action is being taken to recruit them.
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Question reference: S4W-30465
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28792 by Shona Robison on 5 January 2016, when it will publish the report of the findings of the national conversation.
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Question reference: S4W-30460
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28796 by Shona Robison on 15 December 2015, what partner groups are involved, also broken down by how much they are paid for their participation.
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Question reference: S4W-30458
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28789 by Shona Robison on 5 January 2016, in light of the information not being provided in the answer to question S4W-28792, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding how many people attended each Healthier Scotland National Conversation event, excluding facilitators and civil servants.
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