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-10583
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average pay is per shift for an (a) NHS nurse and (b) agency nurse, broken down by grade.
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Question reference: S6W-10782
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have been identified as food insecure in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-10783
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland have died where malnutrition has been identified as a cause and is included on the death certificate, in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-10430
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much agricultural land in Scotland has been lost to tree planting in the last decade.
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Question reference: S6W-10387
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, compared with the period from October to December 2019, in the period from October to December 2021 in Scotland there has been an increase of 136% in patients paying for private cataract operations, 169% increase in private hip-replacement operations, and 111% increase in private knee operations.
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Question reference: S6W-10390
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether patients using private healthcare for urgent operations can recoup the costs from the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-10385
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported increase in the number of people using private healthcare.
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Question reference: S6W-10386
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what the reasons are for more people reportedly using private healthcare.
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Question reference: S6W-10388
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private operations and (b) diagnostic procedures have been commissioned by the NHS from the private sector in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-10389
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the cash value is of payments made to the private healthcare sector and independent providers of (a) healthcare and (b) social care in each of the last 10 years.
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