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-24233
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09337 by Mairi McAllan on 15 July 2022, for what reason it did not consult on its Scottish Seabird Conservation Strategy in 2022, and whether it will provide an update on when it will consult on the strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-24225
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 0% for Rehabilitation Medicine ST3 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24228
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards over-recruit for positions, and, if so, how many posts have been over-recruited for in each year since 2016, also broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) position.
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Question reference: S6W-24208
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 27.78% for Clinical Oncology ST3 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24211
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 33% for Emergency Medicine ST4 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24214
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 53.85% for Geriatric Medicine ST4 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24205
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many different funding formulas it uses to distribute money to (a) local authorities and (b) NHS boards, and how many of these formulas explicitly take rurality into account.
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Question reference: S6W-24220
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 0% for Occupational Medicine ST3 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24213
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there was a fill rate of 0% for Genitourinary Medicine ST4 in the 2023 recruitment round 1 and 2 for the NHS, and what action it is taking to improve this fill rate.
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Question reference: S6W-24273
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can give to town-twinning organisations to help foster international relations between communities.
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