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: S4W-24818
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was of the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census.
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Question reference: S4W-24810
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government on what legislative authority the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board decided to link the NHSCR to the 2011 census.
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Question reference: S4W-24817
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board conducted a cost/benefit analysis of the research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census and, if so, what it concluded.
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Question reference: S4W-24812
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcomes were of the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s decision to link the NHSCR to the 2011 census.
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Question reference: S4W-24813
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether information from the 2011 census has been included in the NHS Central Register.
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Question reference: S4W-24815
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s decision to link the 2011 census and NHSCR is consistent with the Scottish Government's identity and management principles.
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Question reference: S4W-24811
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board linked the NHSCR to the 2011 census.
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Question reference: S4W-24814
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether an identifying number or code is retained in either the 2011 census or the NHS Central Register to allow individual records in one system to be cross-referenced to the other.
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Question reference: S4W-24819
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) public bodies, (b) companies or (c) consultants or contractors were involved in the NHS Central Register (NHSCR) Governance Board’s research exercise to link the NHSCR and the 2011 census.
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Question reference: S4W-24660
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 February 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 March 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its consultation on amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006 did not include an assessment of safeguards against abuse that would be introduced if the register was extended.