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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it will make available for colleges in order to support Scotland's levels of employment post-COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is still considering implementing self-testing kits for cervical screenings and, if so, what its position is on whether these are viable, in light of the reported difficulties in carrying out the procedure.
To ask the Scottish Government when it considers it will be safe to fully resume cervical screening tests and, in light of reports that many tests are overdue because of the COVID-19 lockdown, what action it will take to deal with the backlog.
To ask the Scottish Government how long it considers it safe for a cervical screening test to be overdue.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns with safety in such facilities because of the COVID-19 outbreak, what action it is taking to ensure that risk assessments are carried out by contact/call centre employers, trade unions and staff health and safety representatives, and what support it can provide to those representatives in facilities without an organised union presence.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns with safety in such facilities because of the COVID-19 outbreak, what action it will take to ensure that all contact/call centre staff are tested for the virus and that any people found positive are isolated, treated and subject to contact-tracing, in line with the South Korean model of best practice.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that its senior managers have been awarded pay rises of up to 12%, and whether these were negotiated with the respective staff trade unions.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting older people during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has given to NHS boards regarding communication with patients to update DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) records.
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional care home places were purchased by (a) it, (b) local authorities and (c) integration joint boards in each month since January 2020, also broken down by local authority area.