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-14971
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing knew the current chairperson of NHS Lothian prior to his appointment.
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Question reference: S4W-14972
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what specific knowledge and understanding of the NHS the current chairperson of NHS Lothian has.
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Question reference: S4W-14970
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a requirement for someone to live or work in a NHS board area in order to be appointed as chairperson of that board.
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Question reference: S4W-14852
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-14488 by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013, what the estimated cost is of rehousing a homeless (a) family of two adults and two children and (b) single adult.
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Question reference: S4W-14851
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-14486 by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013, on how many other occasions the minister has (a) met and (b) written to a UK minister regarding welfare reform and when.
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Question reference: S4W-14827
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve follow-up care for cancer patients.
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Question reference: S4W-14826
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on cancer patients going elsewhere in the UK for treatment.
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Question reference: S4W-14850
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-14491 by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 May 2013, how it determined the budget allocation for local authorities.
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Question reference: S4W-14825
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many measles cases there are and how many cases have been recorded in each year since 2007-08, broken down by NHS board area.
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Question reference: S4W-14828
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 23 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many oncologists have resigned for reasons other than retirement in the last 12 months.
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