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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered reintroduction projects to support capercaillie populations and, if so, with what result.
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of self-harm were recorded in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 among people aged (i) 12 and under, (ii) 13 to 15, (iii) 16 to 18 and (iv) over 18, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings are in the Scottish Government estate; how many of them contain defibrillators, and how many defibrillators there are in total.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to carry out a full review of the national concessionary travel scheme before the end of the current parliamentary session.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings in the report, Concessionary Travel: Customer Feedback Research – Year One Report.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to ensure that NHS boards meet the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidance Network (SIGN) ratio of 1 specialist heart failure nurse per 100,000 population.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to NHS boards in areas where the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) ratio of 1 specialist heart failure nurse per 100,000 population is not being met.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children aged (a) up to 10, (b) 11 to 13 and (c) 14 to 16 were treated for (i) an eating disorder, (ii) anorexia nervosa, (iii) bulimia nervosa and (iv) binge eating in each NHS board area in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent advice it has received from Health Protection Scotland regarding an increase in E. coli infections; when it received the advice, and what subsequent action it has taken.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of healthcare associated infection were recorded in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by (a) infection type and (b) NHS board.