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-16654
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died of hypoxia in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16653
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been held in police prison cells in relation to mental health crisis situations in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16663
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made regarding the development of trauma-informed schools.
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Question reference: S5W-16693
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment made by Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport in a letter to the Convener of the Health and Sport Committee on 22 March 2016 in response to the committee's evidence session on palliative care, what progress is being made with its work with NHS Lothian "to take forward a VOICES type survey...to capture end of life experiences of family members and carers who have been bereaved", and what plans it has to roll out the findings of this to the other NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-16652
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many visits have been made by health visitors in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-16664
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of trauma-informed emergency services.
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Question reference: S5W-16655
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS employees are currently on paid sick leave, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-16657
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government for how long there have been any surgeon shortages in each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-16667
- 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 29 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has received under the NHS Scotland Injury Costs Recovery Scheme in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-16665
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many in-school exclusions there have been in each local authority in each year since 1999.
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