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-03676
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of care homes employ registered nurses.
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Question reference: S4W-03697
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-02557 by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011, whether the investigations into the delivery of care at the Elsie Inglis nursing home have been concluded.
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Question reference: S4W-03685
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what power the Care Inspectorate has in relation to improving staffing levels in care homes for adults.
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Question reference: S4W-03677
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of care homes it considers should have registered nurses and whether it will issue guidance to that effect.
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Question reference: S4W-03696
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Care Inspectorate should have enforcement powers in relation to local authority commissioning of social care.
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Question reference: S4W-03495
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has issued guidance on the Reshaping Care Change Fund.
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Question reference: S4W-03666
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to reform the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to remove the provisions relating to people with learning disabilities and autism, as recommended by the reports, New Directions, Report on the Review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 and Limited Review of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
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Question reference: S4W-03678
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the registration requirements are for care-at-home workers and what the end date is for registration.
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Question reference: S4W-03375
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 10 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, assuming student support remained at the same level, what the budget for Clydebank College would be for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15, expressed in (i) cash and (ii) real terms.
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Question reference: S4W-03708
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all adult care home staff must have the level of qualification required for their post at the date of compulsory registration.