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-09652
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcomes were for cleft lip and palate surgery conducted in the (a) Edinburgh and (b) Glasgow hospital unit in 2016-17, and when the annual report of the unit will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-09441
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has received in Barnett consequentials arising from UK Government spending (a) overall and (b) on health in each year since 1999, and how much it allocated to the NHS.
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Question reference: S5O-01154
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to work with NHS Lothian to expand car parking capacity at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-09560
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is of its recently announced plans to update regulations for the licensing of dog, cat and rabbit breeding and dealing.
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Question reference: S5W-09549
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations it has met to discuss extending free personal care to people under 65 with dementia or other similar conditions, and what action it has taken to encourage these organisations to participate in the feasibility study on this.
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Question reference: S5W-09439
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 13 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been referred to a clinical psychologist in each NHS board area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-09444
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scotland-domiciled people have started trainee nursing courses in Scotland in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-09443
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many cleaners have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-09440
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how much and (b) what percentage of the £250 million extra that it announced for GP services will be allocated to each NHS board in each if the next four years.
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Question reference: S5W-09448
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of animal abuse have been investigated by the procurator fiscal service in each year since 1999, and how many subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were.
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