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-35265
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 68 actions outlined in the Recovery and redesign: cancer services - action plan announced on 9 December 2020 to "both redesign cancer services to benefit patients, and increase our services’ overall resilience to future rises in COVID-19 prevalence" have been progressed.
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Question reference: S5W-35571
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the pages on the SEPA website regarding river levels will be fully instated, following the recent cyber attack.
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Question reference: S5W-35268
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to disabled people, particularly those who are unable to leave their home, and who want to attend a cervical cancer screening appointment.
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Question reference: S5W-35266
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what public awareness campaign it has promoted to increase the uptake of cervical screening tests and address disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-35269
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what specific training is offered to nurses for assisting disabled people to have their cervical screening test.
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Question reference: S5W-35267
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken on the recommendations made at the most recent meeting of the UK National Screening Committee.
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Question reference: S5W-35264
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to progress the necessary research to roll out self-sampling in the cervical screening programme and whether there is a timescale for such a roll-out.
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Question reference: S5W-35431
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its position regarding the introduction of a universal basic income.
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Question reference: S5W-35410
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the cost of the agency agreements between the Scottish and UK governments for the continued delivery of devolved benefits by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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Question reference: S5W-35409
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what the figure is for the one-off investment required to create Social Security Scotland.
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