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-19505
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 12 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18534 by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023, how much funding it provides for free school breakfasts.
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Question reference: S6W-19235
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered using community providers, such as primary care optometrists, to perform wax removal to deal with the reported large number of people who cannot currently access NHS wax removal services.
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Question reference: S6W-19234
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the reported planned NHS Scotland pilot of delivering community-based audiology services using the primary care model.
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Question reference: S6W-19214
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason any age limits are put in place for NHS weight loss interventions.
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Question reference: S6W-19213
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been given to Gresham House to facilitate new woodland creation.
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Question reference: S6W-19026
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 26 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of prisoners in Scotland have been identified as having dyslexia.
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Question reference: S6W-19027
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent consideration it has given to a national screening programme for (a) dyslexia and (b) other learning difficulties.
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Question reference: S6W-19025
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of any costs of (a) late diagnosis of and (b) failure to diagnose dyslexia to (i) individuals and (ii) society as a whole.
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Question reference: S6W-19024
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provides to support individuals diagnosed with dyslexia.
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Question reference: S6W-19028
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the potential cost of providing free adult assessments for dyslexia, and whether it has considered a pilot scheme on the matter.
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