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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 July 2024
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Question reference: S3W-10476

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9255 by Shona Robison on 19 February 2008, what steps NHS boards are taking to ensure that diabetic patients on rosiglitazone who suffer from ischaemic heart disease or peripheral arterial disease are no longer prescribed this medicine, as it is no longer recommended by the European Medicines Agency for these patients.

Question reference: S3W-10475

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani on 6 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive on what basis it was decided to phase out the Cultural Co-ordinators in Schools programme and what guidance has been given to schools in light of this programme coming to an end.

Question reference: S3W-10468

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking, and what targets it has, to reduce the number of documents that it publishes in hard copy.

Question reference: S3W-10469

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) total number and (b) cost were of Scottish Government publications produced in each year since 1999, showing how many recipients of these documents requested a hard copy and how many had documents sent to them as part of general mailshots.

Question reference: S3W-09748

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) men and (b) women are being screened for chlamydia by each NHS board and how this percentage compares with screening targets.

Question reference: S3W-09746

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of chlamydia were reported to Health Protection Scotland in the (a) first, (b) second and (c) third quarter of 2007-08.

Question reference: S3W-09747

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive how many diagnoses of (a) female infertility (i) in total and (ii) of tubal origin and (b) male infertility there have been in each year since 2002.

Question reference: S3W-09749

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) men and (b) women are being screened for chlamydia by each NHS board and how these figures compare with screening targets.

Question reference: S3W-09751

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive why NHS Quality Improvement Scotland’s draft consultation document on sexual health services has a target for male screening for chlamydia of 10% compared with 30% for women.

Question reference: S3W-09750

  • Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 February 2008
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 February 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place to increase chlamydia screening through local pharmacies, similar to the Ayrshire and Arran pilot.