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-28836
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how (a) NHS boards and (b) patients are informed of the findings of inspections of dental practices.
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Question reference: S4W-28838
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 22 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are used to determine (a) satisfactory dental practice and (b) high quality oral health for dental patients.
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Question reference: S4W-28837
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS boards must take in response to complaints from dental patients.
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Question reference: S4W-28834
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what responsibility NHS boards have with regard to the quality of dentistry services.
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Question reference: S4W-28835
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how often dental practices are inspected, and what aspects of their work are reviewed.
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Question reference: S4W-28839
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 December 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 17 December 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what responsibility NHS boards have in (a) monitoring and (b) maintaining the performance of independently-contracted dental practitioners that they provide financial support for.
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Question reference: S4O-05231
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2015
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has overspent on its estimated ICT budget in the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-28410
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the report by DF Concerts that was due on completion of the project for T in the Park, in accordance with paragraph 4.2 of the letter offering the grant of £150,000 in July 2015.
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Question reference: S4W-28247
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason 768 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service jobs were lost between 2010 and 2014 and what risk assessment was done to underpin this loss.
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Question reference: S4W-28306
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 19 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government which rivers it is considering giving protected area status to in order to conserve freshwater pearl mussels.
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