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-04833
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that all people with psoriatic arthritis receive an annual GP check.
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Question reference: S5W-04823
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will take forward each of the priorities for its new mental health strategy that have been suggested by the Mental Welfare Commission in its 2015-16 annual report.
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Question reference: S5W-04751
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-01305 by Maureen Watt on 22 July 2016, whether it now has the information available for 2016, and, if so, whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S5W-04943
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry will complete its work.
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Question reference: S5W-04708
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 13 July 2016, 1,000 new paramedics to be trained, whether it will set out how the training will be delivered, and what its response is to reported concerns that the trainees will (a) receive less training than ambulance technicians and (b) not be trained (i) in lifesaving procedures and (ii) on how to interpret ECG results.
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Question reference: S5W-04735
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04441 by Shona Robison on 14 November 2016 and, in light of the information not being held centrally, whether it plans to begin collating this information centrally, given that information on equivalent events in NHS England is readily available.
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Question reference: S5W-04704
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many undergraduate (a) pre-clinical and (b) clinical places were funded at each of the five Scottish medical schools by the Scottish Funding Council in each academic year from 2006-07 for students from (i) Scotland and (ii) the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-04707
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 to take account of Article 17 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Question reference: S5W-04650
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the recommendation in the Audit Scotland report, NHS in Scotland 2016, that it should ensure that people who access health services “are involved in making decisions and receive better information about potential treatments”, how it supports co-production in health and social care.
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Question reference: S5W-04649
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how representatives of service users on integration joint boards and joint monitoring committees are supported to effectively deliver their roles.
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