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-30640
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing national guidelines for the prescribing of stoma products and appliances.
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Question reference: S4W-30432
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many hours (a) nurses and midwives, (b) junior doctors and (c) consultants have logged as overtime in each year since 2010-11, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-30431
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that NHS boards have enough staff and resources to prevent the number of emergency readmissions from rising.
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Question reference: S4W-30429
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS boards to reduce seven-day emergency readmissions.
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Question reference: S4W-30446
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many paramedics have logged overtime hours in each year since 2010-11 and how many hours they have logged.
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Question reference: S4W-30433
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much overtime pay has been (a) claimed and (b) paid in each year since 2010-11 in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-30319
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the reported reduction in the percentage of houses that passed the healthy, safe and secure section of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard in 2014.
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Question reference: S4W-30322
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many foodbanks it has funded in each year since 2007-08, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-30323
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many foodbanks in each local authority area have closed because of lack of funding in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-30320
- Asked by: Jim Hume, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 March 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of houses have passed the healthy, safe and secure section of the Scottish Housing Quality Standard in each year since 2010-11.