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-02401
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the capping of total lifetime care costs, as recommended by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support and, if so, at what level does it consider that the cap should be set.
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Question reference: S4W-02415
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it monitors the implementation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
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Question reference: S4W-02402
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will change the National Eligibility Framework for social care to encourage a focus on prevention.
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Question reference: S4W-02399
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the findings of the report by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support.
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Question reference: S4W-02422
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it measures progress in tackling poverty.
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Question reference: S4W-02416
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it publishes statistics in relation to licences granted under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
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Question reference: S4W-02419
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under section 7 of the Alcohol (Scotland) Act 2010, mandatory conditions on premises licenses will apply to all licensed premises on the date the conditions come into force or when individual licences are renewed.
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Question reference: S4W-02563
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy has decided not to visit NHS (a) Tayside, (b) Dumfries and Galloway, (c) Borders, (d) Shetland, (e) Western Isles, (f) Lothian and (g) Ayrshire and Arran to chair their annual reviews.
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Question reference: S4W-02564
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that there is “direct dialogue and accountability” between local communities and their NHS boards, as indicated by a Scottish Government spokesperson in the Herald on 1 September 2011.
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Question reference: S4W-02498
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide substantive answers to questions S4W-01633, S4W-01634, S4W-01635, S4W-01636 and S4W-01637, which received holding replies on 10 August 2011, and what the reason is for the delay.
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