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-25112
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) youngest and (b) oldest age is at which a person will be considered for bariatric surgery.
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Question reference: S4W-25111
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to produce guidelines on the use of antipsychotics for older people with dementia.
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Question reference: S4W-25025
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done through socio-psychological early evidence-based assessment to address persistent non-attendance at school.
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Question reference: S4W-24940
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has received in payments from private patients in each year since 2006-07.
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Question reference: S4W-24945
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 1 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to support families with deaf babies to meet the linguistic needs of their child at the appropriate age, as outlined in the 2009 report, The Long and Winding Road: A Roadmap to British Sign Language & Linguistic Access in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-24948
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 1 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what baseline date has been used to measure progress and performance against the recommendations made in the 2009 report, The Long and Winding Road: A Roadmap to British Sign Language and Linguistic Access in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-24947
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 1 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether all public services are deaf and deafblind aware, as recommended in the 2009 report, The Long and Winding Road: A Roadmap to British Sign Language & Linguistic Access in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-24946
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 1 April 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether pupils can study BSL and deaf culture as a curriculum subject from primary school through to university as recommended in the report, The Long and Winding Road: A Roadmap to British Sign Language and Linguistic Access in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-25022
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what changes are being made at NHS 24 to deal with calls more effectively.
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Question reference: S4W-25021
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what changes have been made to the eligibility criteria for free personal care since its inception.
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