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-28192
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the equality impact assessment for its deposit return scheme, whether it plans to establish a fund to develop teaching and training resources.
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Question reference: S5W-28189
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the equality impact assessment for its deposit return scheme, whether it plans to run educational programmes to engage those at risk of being disadvantaged by the scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-27997
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported reduction in the number of podiatrists working in the NHS over the last 10 years, for what reason its Integrated Health and Social Care Workforce Plan does not include any specific support to future-proof the NHS podiatry workforce.
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Question reference: S5W-27996
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the numbers of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and peripheral arterial disease, which can lead to foot and lower limb ulceration and amputation, for what reason its Integrated Health and Social Care Workforce Plan does not mention NHS podiatry services and their preventative role in (a) treating these conditions, (b) maintaining foot and lower limb health generally and (c) keeping people healthy and in work.
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Question reference: S5W-27232
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 30 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the minutes of all meetings of the Scottish Screening Committee since 2017.
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Question reference: S5O-04339
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 26 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the finance secretary will make funding available to assist local authorities in reducing the risk of homelessness in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-27869
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Outcomes Framework, to complement the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-27761
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £89 million that it has announced in its Budget for reforming mental health and child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) is new money or part of the £250 million per year for improving mental health services that it announced in the 2018-19 Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-27248
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 24 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the minutes of the Scottish Screening Committee are not routinely published.
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Question reference: S5W-27781
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10468 by Maureen Watt on 15 August 2017, what progress has been made in developing the eating disorder support service, SPIRE, and whether it will provide a breakdown of what information and data this service collects, including the data that has not been published since 2012.
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