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: S6W-08047
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much was allocated for (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses from the Young Patients Family Fund in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-08225
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the first UK pilot study of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which was recently launched by the University of Oxford, what steps it will take to incorporate SMA screening in Scotland once this study is completed.
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Question reference: S6W-08224
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering a pilot newborn screening programme for spinal muscular atrophy, and, if so, what the aim of the pilot will be, and within what timescale.
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Question reference: S6W-08046
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated from the Young Patients Family Fund for cancer patients in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-08045
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid out under the Young Patients Family Fund in 2021-22, and to how many people.
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Question reference: S6W-08050
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to cover outpatient as well as inpatient treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-08051
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to include support for 18- to 25-year-olds.
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Question reference: S6W-08049
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated for the Young Patients Family Fund in 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-08055
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the level of elder abuse in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08052
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Young Patients Family Fund will cover travel to elsewhere in the UK for treatment.
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