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-33255
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS Scotland Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme is available to nursing and medical students who are completing clinical placements and, if not, whether it will reconsider its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-33753
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Carer's Allowance Supplement will be paid.
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Question reference: S5O-04869
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the GMB Scotland campaign, Give Key Workers a Break.
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Question reference: S5W-33534
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 7 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the mental health budget is spent on specialist services for (a) children aged (i) 2 to 5 and (ii) under 2 and (b) babies.
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Question reference: S5W-33662
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 7 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that school staff are able to take up the opportunity to receive a flu vaccination, and whether it will consider implementing onsite vaccinations in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-33313
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have accessed virtual pulmonary rehabilitation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-33312
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to mark World COPD Day.
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Question reference: S5W-33265
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a Cerebral Palsy Scotland survey, which reports that a majority of the people with cerebral palsy who were surveyed reported a decline in their physical and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, including 58% reporting difficulty in accessing support from physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services and 51% having to access healthcare services online or via telephone.
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Question reference: S5W-33298
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that good quality public health information regarding local COVID-19 levels is accessible for people who are more susceptible to infection.
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Question reference: S5W-33301
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on (a) access to routine dental services and (b) early diagnoses of mouth cancers.
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