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-20318
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many young carers have been given a pass for free bus travel under the Young Carers Grant since its introduction.
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Question reference: S5W-20320
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on public health information campaigns in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-20319
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to include dentists in smoking cessation programmes.
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Question reference: S5W-20317
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many young carers have received the Young Carers Grant since its introduction, also broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) year.
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Question reference: S5O-02690
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on a feasibility study being carried out to address congestion on the Edinburgh city bypass.
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Question reference: S5W-20022
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to (a) local authorities and (b) integration joint boards to encourage housing associations to adapt homes to make them accessible for tenants with an assessed need.
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Question reference: S5W-20105
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09015 by Shona Robison on 10 May 2017, whether it will provide an update regarding how many GPs (a) use and (b) do not use Vision Online Services.
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Question reference: S5W-20138
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of single-sex wards in hospitals, and what guidance it issues regarding this.
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Question reference: S5W-20051
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12931 by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2017, whether it will provide the same information for 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-20158
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19790 by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2018, what the flu vaccine uptake rate has been among (a) nursing and (b) midwifery students in each of the last 10 years, broken down by place of study.