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-27805
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 26 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18158 by Christina McKelvie on 7 September 2018, whether it will provide an update on how long the waiting lists are for rape survivors at each rape crisis centre.
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Question reference: S5O-04336
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 26 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is taking in response to COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-27905
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ability of (a) local authorities and (b) care companies to provide food and meals to people who require home care in the event of a large-scale outbreak of the coronavirus, COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-27909
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the decision by sportscotland to close the National Watersports Centre on Cumbrae.
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Question reference: S5W-27908
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the closure of the National Watersports Centre on Cumbrae on (a) the local community and economy, (b) people from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds and (c) Scottish sailing.
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Question reference: S5W-27801
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 24 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each NHS board area have been referred for residential rehabilitation in each of the last 10 years to be given for treatment to deal with (a) alcohol, (b) drug and (c) gambling addiction, or a combination of these addictions.
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Question reference: S5W-27788
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider undertaking a campaign to raise public awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
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Question reference: S5W-27924
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking in response to the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic to (a) monitor stock levels at foodbanks, (b) maintain adequate supplies in foodbanks and other voluntary settings and (c) ensure that (i) vulnerable individuals and (ii) people who are self-isolating receive (A) food, (B) medicines, (C) hygiene products and (D) other essential supplies.
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Question reference: S5W-27828
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a reduction in 2018-19 in the proportion of children in P1 who have a record of their child health review recorded on the CHSP-S system for the purposes of BMI statistics, and what it is doing to support NHS boards to record this surveillance measure.
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Question reference: S5W-27803
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26545 by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2019, what assessment it has made of waiting times for psychological therapies in the prison estate, and what action it is taking to reduce waiting times and improve mental health outcomes.
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