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
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Question reference: S5W-12472
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11621 by Aileen Campbell on 13 October 2017, whether it will provide details of all consultation processes that (a) have taken and (b) will take place with individual GP practices in each NHS board area as part of the Vaccination Transformation Programme.
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Question reference: S5W-12474
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted risk assessments regarding its plans to transfer responsibility for vaccination programmes from general practice and, if so, whether it will make these public.
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Question reference: S5W-12383
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to meet its commitment to the World Health Organization strategy to reduce hepatitis C rates by at least 90% by 2030.
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Question reference: S5W-12388
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that the Scottish Cleft Lip and Palate Surgical Service is unable to recruit a locum surgeon; what contingencies are in place to deal with this, and what analysis it has made of the impact of the situation.
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Question reference: S5W-12439
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-08627 by John Swinney on 24 April 2017, whether it will provide the information for 2016-17, and whether, for the information in table 3, it will also break it down by additional support for learning spend per pupil (a) for local authority primary and secondary schools combined and (b) in special education schools.
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Question reference: S5W-12384
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing to the work being carried out to locate people who have been diagnosed with hepatitis c but who are no longer on NHS records.
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Question reference: S5W-12382
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been (a) diagnosed with and (b) received treatment for hepatitis C in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-11944
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the availability and capacity of pulmonary rehabilitation services in (a) NHS Lothian and (b) the rest of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-11943
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to improve the completion rates of pulmonary rehabilitation courses.
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Question reference: S5W-11945
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland's 2017 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Survey, and what its response is.
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