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-11754
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in the research and development of new pharmaceutical drugs in each of the last 10 years, and which commercially-available products have been developed (a) in part and (b) wholly with this funding.
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Question reference: S5W-11758
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of NHS-funded research is first published in an open-access format.
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Question reference: S5W-11757
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on accessing paywalled research in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-11756
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Technical Advisory Group on Resource Allocation (a) last met and (b) will next meet, and when the meeting papers will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-11480
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken since the publication of the 2016 Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey to increase the number of cancer patients who are given a care plan.
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Question reference: S5W-11481
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to ensure that cancer patients are able to access expert financial advice following diagnosis.
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Question reference: S5W-11482
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey on an annual basis.
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Question reference: S5W-11390
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what protocols are in place regarding informing next of kin in Scotland of the homicide, unexplained or suspicious death of a person from Scotland in another country; what support it provides, and what discussions it has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding this.
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Question reference: S5W-11393
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the investigation of the circumstances that lead to the death of Kirsty Maxwell in Benidorm.