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-32081
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that other NHS boards are to receive a similar service, when the anticipated thrombectomy service for Edinburgh and the east of Scotland will be (a) delivered to NHS Lothian and (b) functioning.
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Question reference: S5W-31868
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will cost to implement the commitments set out in the Respiratory Care Action Plan for Scotland, and whether it will provide this funding.
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Question reference: S5W-31878
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-29736 by Clare Haughey on 18 June 2020, what the timeline is for the application process for the new Managed Clinical Network for National Child and Adolescent Learning Disability Services, and what progress has been made with the development of this process.
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Question reference: S5W-31731
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to medical research projects in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31756
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-29619 by Jeane Freeman on 4 June 2020, whether it will provide an update on the discussions it is having to develop a long-term solution to providing free parking at NHS sites that have privately-owned car parks.
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Question reference: S5W-31725
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many children in each local authority area have received swimming lessons in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31729
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many times ministers have requested that the parliamentary record be corrected in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31728
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address so-called Anglophobia, or anti-English abuse.
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Question reference: S5W-31727
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of so-called Anglophobia, or anti-English abuse, have been reported to the police in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31726
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in each local authority area have been in education in each year since 2007.
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