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-02507
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to tackle underage binge drinking.
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Question reference: S5W-02510
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many cleaners in the NHS are outsourced from private companies.
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Question reference: S5W-02513
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many places on integrated health boards are still to be appointed.
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Question reference: S5W-02183
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the delay in the construction of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, how it will ensure that construction companies involved in its infrastructure projects are financially robust.
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Question reference: S5W-02184
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the delay in the construction of the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh; what contingency plans were in place to deal with such a situation, and what action it is taking to hire new contractors to take over the work.
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Question reference: S5W-02515
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many terminally-ill people in each year since 1999 who expressed a preference to die at home, died in a hospital setting.
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Question reference: S5W-02519
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many outpatients did not attend NHS appointments in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-02517
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the cost of hospital clinical waste disposal.
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Question reference: S5W-02508
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many school nurses there have been in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-02512
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce NHS bureaucracy.
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