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-30738
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that there is a lack of local authority special school places in Edinburgh; what discussions it has had with The City of Edinburgh Council on this, and what support it is providing to the council to tackle any shortages of places.
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Question reference: S5W-29611
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with no power of attorney have had a DNACPR (do not attempt CPR) order agreed by ministers since 1 January 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-30764
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the information it holds about people living in care homes, in light of the computer tool that is available to care homes from the Public Health Scotland website to record the dependency details of every resident each month.
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Question reference: S5W-30633
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether all school pupils should be tested for COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-30536
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to protect people with blood cancer, in light of reports that they are up to 3.5 times more likely to die in hospital from COVID-19 than the rest of the population.
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Question reference: S5W-30537
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people who are on its COVID-19 shielded patients list receive clear, consistent and timely communications.
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Question reference: S5W-30775
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether COVID-19 has had an impact on the development of the new Edinburgh Cancer Centre.
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Question reference: S5W-30592
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25977 by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019, in light of the website referred to in the response no longer being updated, whether it will publish the data regarding persons convicted under the Emergency Worker(s) Act (Scotland) 2005 for 2018-19.
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