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: S6W-12558
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) or Not for Profit Distribution (NPD) payments in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-12551
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many procedures the private sector has tendered for through the Dynamic Purchasing System within the NHS, and whether it will provide a list of them.
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Question reference: S6W-12552
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS has spent on private sector procedures and diagnostics in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-12553
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on private agency staffing for all disciplines across the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-12554
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the highest amount paid to private agencies for a (a) nursing, (b) consultant and (c) care assistant shift has been in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-12559
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid to private social care providers by (a) local authorities, (b) the NHS, (c) integration joint boards and (d) any other public sector body in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6O-01671
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on addressing the reported care staff retention and recruitment challenge within social care.
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Question reference: S6O-01641
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported declining numbers of National 5 and Higher pupils taking STEM subjects in schools.
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Question reference: S6T-00981
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that a discussion of a "two-tier" health service is recorded in draft minutes of a meeting of NHS board chief executives in September.
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Question reference: S6O-01578
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the recommendations of the Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group published in March.
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