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-08450
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding by Information Services Division (ISD) that 83.8% of NHS Lothian cancer patients were treated within the 62-day standard; what action it is taking to ensure that the board meets the 95% target, and when it expects this target to be met.
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Question reference: S5W-08197
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the £1.3 million given to NHS boards to help deliver services for chronic pain treatment was allocated, and what each board spent their allocation on.
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Question reference: S5W-08189
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many young carers have been in part-time study in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-07760
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason return patients who need regular treatment for chronic pain are not recorded as part of the 18-week referral to treatment target, and whether it plans to now do so.
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Question reference: S5W-07762
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some return patients using chronic pain services have waited up to 22 months for treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-07759
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to reduce waiting times for chronic pain treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-07758
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report in The Herald on 6 March 2017, "Revealed: Hidden scandal of chronic pain wait times".
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Question reference: S5W-07763
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that previous such steering groups did not achieve these, how it will ensure that the new National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain leads to an improvement in services.
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Question reference: S5W-08201
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards test all bowel cancer patients for Lynch syndrome, and whether it will instruct the remaining boards to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-08202
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of Lynch syndrome.
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