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-23650
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were readmitted to hospital in the last year within 24 hours of discharge, broken down by integrated joint board area.
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Question reference: S5W-23637
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been to receive an echo cardiogram in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-23645
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people under 65 have received free personal care since it was extended to include this group.
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Question reference: S5W-23649
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff are not employed on full-time contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-23597
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21526 by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2019, whether it will provide this information for each of the last five years, also broken by institution.
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Question reference: S5W-23638
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the hepatitis C elimination strategy, and what the reason has been for the reported three-year delay in doing so.
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Question reference: S5W-23647
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional (a) council-run and (b) private care beds there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-23644
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of bullying in the NHS have been reported in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-23646
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been in intermediate care places in each year since 1999, broken down by integrated joint board.
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Question reference: S5W-23648
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards require additional care beds, broken down by the amount needed.