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-16121
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the mortality rates for oral cancer have been in each year from 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-16109
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many dental practices there are and how many are (a) funded by the NHS and (b) wholly private.
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Question reference: S4W-16122
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the prevalence of oral cancer is increasing.
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Question reference: S4W-16108
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget for dental services was in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11, (e) 2011-12 and (f) 2012-13 and is for 2013-14.
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Question reference: S4W-16112
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many academic posts in dentistry are vacant, broken down by institution.
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Question reference: S4W-16117
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the director of the University of Aberdeen Dental School recently ceased to be employed there.
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Question reference: S4W-16113
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 18 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many sessions academics in dentistry at the University of Dundee undertake at the University of Aberdeen Dental School; whether this has increased since the facility opened, and, if so, by how much.
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Question reference: S4W-16123
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage oral health assessments in order to detect cancer early.
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Question reference: S4W-16120
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to improve the oral health of 6 to 12-year-olds.
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Question reference: S4W-16118
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 July 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the funding is for the Childsmile programme in 2013-14.