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-07015
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which hospitals do not have a dedicated transition service from paediatric to adult care for young people with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) other long-term conditions.
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Question reference: S5W-07013
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making (a) nationally and (b) in rural and remote areas in improving transition services from paediatric to adult care for young people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Question reference: S5W-06956
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the results were for the Scottish Patient Safety Programme's venous thromboembolism (VTE) workflow programme, which ran between 2012 and 2014, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-07018
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential of peer-to-peer support to improve care for young people with (a) inflammatory bowel disease and (b) other long-term conditions.
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Question reference: S5W-06978
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to encourage more men to become health visitors.
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Question reference: S5W-06958
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02629 by Aileen Campbell on 27 September 2016, what the timescale is for the work with NHS Borders, its spread across Scotland and the public facing campaign.
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Question reference: S5W-07362
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the City of Edinburgh Council regarding traffic congestion and what support it is providing to the council to help it alleviate this.
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Question reference: S5W-07363
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recent reports by (a) Inrix and (b) TomTom regarding traffic congestion in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-07170
- 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 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been refused (a) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and (b) other talking therapies or psychological treatments in each of the last five years because they did not take anti-depressant medication.
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Question reference: S5W-07162
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have hepatitis C, and how many of them have been reviewed for treatment.
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