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-08194
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints regarding GP surgeries each NHS Board has received in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-08195
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have resigned from NHS practices in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-08196
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs surgeries have closed in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-08198
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to conduct a review of the provision of specialist nurses.
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Question reference: S5W-08190
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many consultations GPs have conducted by telephone in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-07805
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners who tested positive for hepatitis C in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17 began treatment while still in prison.
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Question reference: S5W-08192
- 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 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many couples who have children from a previous relationship have received NHS-IVF treatment in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-08210
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) budget and (b) annual expenditure is of Information Services Division and how many (i) full- and (ii) part-time staff it employs.
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Question reference: S5W-07160
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been treated in adult mental health wards in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-07803
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisons offer opt-out testing for hepatitis C, as recommended in the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus updated framework.
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