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-20468
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assess the health impacts arising from the findings of the recent Citizens Advice Scotland survey, which indicates that more than a fifth of people in Scotland have gone a day without eating because they are too poor to buy food.
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Question reference: S5W-20622
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for how many hours in the last year there has been no air ambulance service due to pilots being unavailable.
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Question reference: S5W-20518
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding in the recent Mental Health Foundation Scotland survey that (a) seven out of 10 teachers said they lack the training to help pupils with mental health problems and (b) 51% of teachers said the job had either led to them developing a mental health problem or had made an existing condition worse.
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Question reference: S5W-20509
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that clinical waste is being stockpiled at NHS hospitals.
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Question reference: S5W-20516
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which trade unions the Minister for Mental Health has met since 27 June 2018; on what dates these meetings were held, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-20506
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital deaths have been prevented since 2014 as a result of the patient safety programme.
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Question reference: S5W-20519
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported decision to not inform patients who have been operated on using instruments from the Cowlairs decontamination unit, in light of it failing a safety inspection.
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Question reference: S5W-20517
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the call by Breast Cancer Now for Perjeta to be made routinely available for people with secondary breast cancer.
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Question reference: S5W-20488
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government at what stage each NHS board is at on the Board Performance Escalation Framework.
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Question reference: S5W-20371
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the NHS treatment time guarantee not being met for a number of treatments, what support is available to patients who face long waiting times for surgery.