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-20967
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to raise awareness of (a) progressive supranuclear palsy and (b) corticobasal degeneration.
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Question reference: S5W-20965
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many community alarms have been provided by each local authority in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-20963
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has review its system for dealing with complaints from the public about its handling of routine matters, such as concerns regarding maladministration.
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Question reference: S5W-20964
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers its public complaints system as being compatible with natural justice, transparent and consistent with policies on equality, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-20966
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of vulnerable people who do not have a community alarm.
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Question reference: S5W-20931
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 January 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what support the NHS provides to people who are identified as being at a higher risk of developing diabetes.
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Question reference: S5W-20675
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
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Question reference: S5W-20677
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what targets are in place to reduce the (a) prevalence of cardiovascular disease and (b) number of acute coronary syndrome events.
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Question reference: S5W-20738
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS operations have been cancelled in each of the last 12 months due to a lack of sterilised surgical equipment.
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Question reference: S5W-20725
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what services (a) it and (b) its agencies have used from the US-based organisation, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in each year since 2007; how much each service has cost, and how much has been paid in travel and subsistence expenses to the officials dealing with these.
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