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-05783
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many health visitors have been employed in the NHS in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-06554
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop the A720 as a smart motorway.
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Question reference: S5W-06168
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many expectant mothers have been turned away from maternity units due to capacity issues in each year since 1999, broken down by hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-05973
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05450 by Aileen Campbell on 22 December 2016, by what date the £10 million investment will be made available to NHS boards.
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Question reference: S5W-06242
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements have been put in place to ensure that (a) patients, (b) clinicians and (c) the pharmaceutical industry are able to inform the decisions of the Effective Prescribing Group.
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Question reference: S5W-06246
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the future of the Southside GP surgery in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-06247
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of people who attend A&E each year for emergency treatment as a result of a deterioration or crisis in their long-term condition.
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Question reference: S5W-06238
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit and purpose is of the Effective Prescribing Group.
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Question reference: S5W-06243
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minutes and decisions of the Effective Prescribing Group.
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Question reference: S5W-06240
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) current and (b) future areas of focus are for the Effective Prescribing Group and its subgroups.
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