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-14802
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to expand the membership of Scottish Rail Holdings to include representatives of (a) Unite the Union, (b) the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, (c) the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and (d) the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, which represent ScotRail workers.
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Question reference: S6W-14799
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase the number of apprenticeships working for ScotRail as (a) drivers and (b) engineers.
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Question reference: S6W-14642
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to local authorities towards the maintenance of defibrillators in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-14644
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with local authorities regarding the installation of defibrillators in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-14643
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the number of defibrillators in public places.
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Question reference: S6W-14645
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) funding and (b) other assistance is in place for local authorities to increase the installation of defibrillators in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-14646
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the University of the West of Scotland, Policy traps and policy placebos: assessing drug policy network responses to drug related deaths.
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Question reference: S6W-14576
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update regarding the selection process of patient representatives with lived experience of chronic pain to the pain management panel.
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Question reference: S6W-14660
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on including access to incontinence pads in the free period product schemes, including for those experiencing menopausal or perimenopausal symptoms who might not meet the criteria for prescription pads.
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Question reference: S6W-15288
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of recommendation 8 of the Scottish Eating Disorder Services Review, published in 2021, to improve standards of eating disorder care within primary care.
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