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-21020
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is confident of the accuracy of the waiting times figures for NHS boards in the Health Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?
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Question reference: S4W-21033
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many people receive support from the Independent Living Fund, broken down by local authority, and how many new applicants can be accommodated when responsibility transfers to the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S4W-21031
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when the Independent Living Fund will be transferred to the Scottish Government; who will administer it, and on what criteria.
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Question reference: S4W-21030
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much the (a) UK Government and (b) Scottish Government will provide for the Independent Living Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-21022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has been notified by NHS Lanarkshire that the correct figures for waiting times for nursing are 24 to 28 weeks, and not two weeks as stated in the Health Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?
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Question reference: S4W-20959
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action each NHS board is taking to reduce waiting times of up to two years for some specialist services, as highlighted in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?.
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Question reference: S4W-20957
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether all NHS boards have set out plans to tackle staff shortages at chronic pain clinics as noted in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?.
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Question reference: S4W-20961
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help people with chronic pain to remain in employment, in light of the findings in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?, that 77% of new patients were of working age but only 33.3% were still in jobs.
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Question reference: S4W-20956
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate the lack of services for children with chronic pain outlined in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report, Chronic Pain Services in Scotland: Where are we now?.
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Question reference: S4W-20946
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Programme is now available for every newborn child.
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