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-05128
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has allocated from its budget to support winter resilience for the 2016-17 season.
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Question reference: S5W-05129
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the winter plans submitted by NHS boards are based on previous years' events or worst case scenarios.
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Question reference: S5W-05124
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government on which date each NHS board submitted, or will submit, its finalised winter plan for 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-05082
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the finding in the Information Services Division report, Cancer Mortality in Scotland (2015), that “the most deprived areas have incidence rates that are 31% higher than the least deprived areas [and] mortality rates for all cancers combined are 64% higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived”.
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Question reference: S5W-05084
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the finding in the Family and Childcare Trust’s Older People’s Care Survey 2016, which suggests that the average period of time it takes a self-funder to use up savings on care across the UK is seven years and seven months, compared with four years and 10 months in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-05125
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spent on winter resilience for the 2015-16 season.
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Question reference: S5W-05126
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much it plans to spend on winter resilience for the 2016-17 season.
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Question reference: S5W-05085
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the Highlands and Islands region have been employed in the public sector in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5O-00446
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support town centre regeneration projects in the Highlands and Islands region.
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Question reference: S5W-04841
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have type (a) 1 and (b) 2 diabetes, broken down by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) ranking of where they live.