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-21244
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendation in the report, Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland, that it should review free personal and nursing care contributions to more accurately reflect the costs of personal and nursing care in a residential setting.
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Question reference: S4W-21243
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the recommendation by the Task Force for the Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland that "work is undertaken to fully explore the opportunities and costs of amending the capital limits in a Scottish context."
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Question reference: S4W-21242
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many families have been forced to sell homes in order to pay for care, as referenced in the report, Recommendations for the Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-21239
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements to journey times on the Highland mainline between Perth and Inverness there will be in the next two years.
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Question reference: S4W-21241
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to address the cross-subsidy by self-funding residents to publicly funded residents in care homes, as noted in the report, Recommendations for the Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4O-03293
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when a new prison will be built in the Highlands to replace Porterfield prison in Inverness.
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Question reference: S4O-03232
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 May 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made toward meeting accident and emergency waiting times targets.
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Question reference: S4O-03177
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of CalMac and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4W-20482
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in the Highland Council area have been given a (a) single agency and (b) multi-agency child’s plan prepared by their named person since the full implementation of the named person role in 2010.
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Question reference: S4O-03121
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 April 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how the Trunk Road Patrol Group has performed since it was established.
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