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-29427
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to develop a range of quickly accessible mental health services with health and social care professionals and third sector partners.
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Question reference: S4W-29109
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new mental health strategy will include services being made accessible to (a) further and (b) higher education students.
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Question reference: S4W-29108
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 21 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that NHS mental health services are available to students attending university.
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Question reference: S4W-29113
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28834 by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015, whether the NHS is legally responsible for poor quality dental services carried out by contracted general dental practitioners.
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Question reference: S4W-29213
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many alternative budget proposals the Scottish Executive considered between 1999 and 2007 and from which party groups.
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Question reference: S4W-29211
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the A9 from Perth to Inverness will be completed.
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Question reference: S4W-29212
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many miles of the A9 from Perth to Inverness are (a) dual carriageway, (b) single carriageway, (c) dual carriageway under construction and (d) planned for dual carriageway.
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Question reference: S4O-05253
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to address neglect and abuse in residential care homes for older people.
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Question reference: S4W-29099
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 6 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28834 by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015, whether NHS boards are responsible for any poor quality dentistry services carried out by general dental practitioners contracted by the NHS.
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Question reference: S4W-29100
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 6 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-28835 by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015, how many dental practices have been designated as unfit for the delivery of services as a result of the inspection process in each of the last eight years.
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