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-14506
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether consideration of housing needs will form part of the integration of health and social care.
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Question reference: S4W-14511
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are in hospital who have no requirement for continuing medical care, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-14507
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions (a) officials and (b) ministers have had with housing associations about the integration of health and social care.
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Question reference: S4W-14487
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the letter published in The Herald on 23 April 2013 from a group of academics calling on it to mitigate the impact of the underoccupancy penalty.
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Question reference: S4W-14485
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) Shelter, (b) the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and (c) COSLA on implementing the underoccupancy penalty and when.
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Question reference: S4W-14486
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Housing and Welfare last met a UK Government minister regarding welfare reform and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S4W-14488
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of rehousing a homeless (a) family of 2 adults and 2 children and (b) single adult.
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Question reference: S4W-14416
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of NHS staff in England and Wales receiving their pay rise in April 2013, for what reason NHS workers in Scotland will not receive their 1% pay rise until May 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-14417
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are registered with the chronic medication service, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-14419
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many pharmacists are trained to offer the chronic medication service, broken down by NHS board.
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