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: S5W-27283
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what provision the NHS has made for future damages claims from adults who were inappropriately prescribed puberty blockers as children.
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Question reference: S5W-27281
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what clinical basis children are being prescribed puberty blockers.
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Question reference: S5W-27434
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what in-year underspends in the Scottish Budget have accumulated for the financial year 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-27284
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 24 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans, like NHS England, to establish an independent expert group to consider the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
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Question reference: S5W-27280
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost to the NHS has been of prescribing puberty blockers in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-27279
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been prescribed puberty blockers in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5O-04174
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting times are for an urology appointment at NHS Tayside.
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Question reference: S5W-27138
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what pathways are in place for children diagnosed with autism to access specialist support.
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Question reference: S5W-27136
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is to access a paediatrician appointment in the NHS Fife area.
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Question reference: S5W-27137
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many paediatric clinics are run in NHS Fife each month.
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