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-16660
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients it estimates have paid for private medical treatment in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16824
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to study the MSc in educational psychology course at the University of (a) Dundee and (b) Strathclyde in each year since 2010, and how many places were offered.
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Question reference: S5W-16666
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many learning disability nurses have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16662
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded cases of child abuse and neglect there have been in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16661
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many breastfeeding clinics it has supported in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16823
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many educational psychologist positions in each local authority in each year since 2010 have been (a) filled and (b) unfilled.
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Question reference: S5W-16569
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding in the new GP contract will be used each year for the provision of link workers, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-16615
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns regarding the decision by NHS Lothian to close a number of drop-in breast feeding clinics in Edinburgh, and what discussions it has had with the NHS board regarding this.
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Question reference: S5O-02173
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported recruitment and retention challenges in the social care sector.
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Question reference: S5W-16631
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the support allocated by the Short Breaks Fund has been used in each year since 2010-11.
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