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-18582
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action has been taken to improve uptake of cervical screening in the most deprived areas of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-02377
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the reported proposed disposal of 24 Police Scotland buildings, and whether there are plans to close any more.
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Question reference: S5W-18509
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12099 by Maureen Watt on 26 October 2017, what its response is to the recent report by the Children's Society, which states that a fifth of girls in the UK have self-harmed.
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Question reference: S5W-18515
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the last three years were on NHS waiting lists for mental health treatment where the waiting time target was exceeded and, of these, what information it holds how many paid for private mental health counselling during the period.
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Question reference: S5W-18532
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of people who have paid for private mental health counselling in the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-18575
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much each rape crisis centre will be given in each of the next three years from the additional £1.5 million that was announced in the Programme for Government; what criteria it will use to determine how this will be allocated, and whether it will set out how each allocation has been determined.
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Question reference: S5W-18574
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 13 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the remaining £500,000 of additional funding for survivors of rape and sexual abuse, which was announced in the Programme for Government, will be distributed.
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Question reference: S5W-18392
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S5W-17888 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 17 August 2018, what date the third specialist endometriosis centre is expected to open.
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Question reference: S5W-18394
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S5W-17888 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 17 August 2018, whether the existing specialist endometriosis centres in Aberdeen and Edinburgh include experts in pain management and fertility.
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Question reference: S5W-18207
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 10 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met its Independent Race Equality Adviser, and what was discussed.
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