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-12999
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the GPs at the East Craigs medical practice have handed responsibility for its management back to NHS Lothian; what discussions it has had with the NHS board regarding this, and what support it will provide to help resolve the issue.
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Question reference: S5W-12927
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital patients, who had been admitted with another condition, have (a) developed and (b) been treated for dehydration in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-12931
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 5 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board spent on child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in 2016-17, and what percentage of (a) that board's and (b) the overall NHS mental health budget this represented.
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Question reference: S5W-12864
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) health regulatory and (b) other stakeholders regarding the Department of Health's consultation, Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation, and whether it plans to respond to the consultation.
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Question reference: S5O-01537
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on being able to access independent voices across the sporting sector.
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Question reference: S5W-12658
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 28 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of specialist mother and baby units for the treatment of postnatal mental health conditions.
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Question reference: S5W-12702
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many cyclists have been involved in road traffic accidents in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area, and what information it has regarding how many of the cyclists were wearing a helmet, also broken down by the cost to each NHS board of treating those who (i) wore and (ii) did not wear a helmet.
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Question reference: S5W-12603
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09441 by Shona Robison on 23 June 2017, whether it will provide the figure for 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-12697
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 in each NHS board area, broken down by the (i) charge and (ii) type of emergency worker involved, and how many custodial sentences were imposed, broken down by the average length of sentence.
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Question reference: S5W-12592
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the information that is given by GPs to people with mental health concerns.
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