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-29961
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have been attributed to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in each of the last five years, also broken down by NHS board area.
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Question reference: S5W-30101
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hip and (b) knee operations were performed in each NHS board in each month in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-30216
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been issued erroneously with a letter advising them to shield from the COVID-19 outbreak, also broken down by the reasons for these errors.
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Question reference: S5W-30098
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many charitable trusts are registered in Scotland, and how much money each holds.
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Question reference: S5W-30092
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated under the £20 million COVID-19 resilience fund.
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Question reference: S5W-29677
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how local authorities will be able to process all the COVID-19 tests each week that will be required to routinely test all care home workers and residents.
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Question reference: S5W-29678
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) NHS boards and (b) local authorities are currently able to carry out routine testing, and what support it is providing to enable them to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-29623
- 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 10 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries have closed in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-30229
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-29734 by Clare Haughey on 18 June 2020, what measures NHS National Services Scotland has as a contingency if there is no bed availability in CAMHS units in England.
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Question reference: S5W-30228
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-29736 by Clare Hughey on 18 June 2020, what the timeline is for the introduction of the Managed Clinical Network.
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