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-28486
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many tests for COVID-19 have been done at the Glasgow Airport testing facility on each day since it became operational, and how many of these were for (a) NHS staff, (b) local authority care staff and (c) staff of independent care providers.
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Question reference: S5W-28492
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many care home staff have tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the lockdown measures.
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Question reference: S5W-28491
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is procuring COVID-19 tests, and what action it is taking to prevent interruptions to supplies.
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Question reference: S5W-28483
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the first (a) residential care home, (b) home care and (c) local government workers were tested for COVID-19 at the Glasgow Airport testing facility.
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Question reference: S5W-28423
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether doctors will attend non-COVID-19 medical cases that arise in care homes.
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Question reference: S5W-28149
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it includes suspected and presumed deaths from COVID-19 in the daily figures that are published, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-28927
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to NHS boards to ensure that people with epilepsy can access specialist neurological practitioners, and what impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on this.
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Question reference: S5W-28928
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist epilepsy consultants there are in each NHS board area, and what its position on whether this is sufficient to meet demand.
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Question reference: S5W-28929
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) referral and (b) treatment waiting times are in each NHS board area for people with epilepsy, and what impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on this.
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Question reference: S5W-28930
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking, alongside the Neurological Conditions National Action Plan, to improve the lives of people with epilepsy, and what impact the COVID-19 outbreak is having on this.
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