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-25953
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the outcome of the extracorporeal life support study, what it is doing to improve earlier detection of lung cancer, including whether it plans to roll out a programme of the EarlyCDT/lung blood test.
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Question reference: S5W-26018
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many live homeless applications there were in each local authority area on Christmas Day in 2018, and how many (a) adults and (b) children these related to.
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Question reference: S5W-25893
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support children and their families who are affected by Developmental Language Disorder.
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Question reference: S5W-25951
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of figures publish by The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which estimate that, by 2020, benefit changes will bring 400,000 people across the UK into poverty, what action it plans to support people in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-25952
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in its September 2019 paper, Annual Report on Welfare Reform, that "alongside removal of the first child premium, [key recent changes to the welfare system] could reduce benefit spending in Scotland by around £500 million per year once [universal credit] is fully rolled out", how it plans to allocate this additional £500 million annually.
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Question reference: S5W-25581
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a response to question S5W-24660, which had an expected answer date of 6 September 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-25703
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment is made of a person's (a) practical, (b) social, (c) psychological, (d) physical and (e) financial capacity to live independently at home prior to discharge from hospital; who in the health and care system is responsible for assessing this, and what mechanism there is for members of the public to report concerns about a person not having this capacity.
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Question reference: S5W-25705
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to implement the recommendation of the British Red Cross report, Life beyond the ward, Recommendations for improving hospital discharge in Scotland, that patients should be assessed within 72 hours of hospital discharge to see if they can live independently at home.
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Question reference: S5W-25796
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the turnover has been since 4 July 2019 among staff already working at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, broken down by role, the training each received, and the cost of this training.
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Question reference: S5W-25737
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that children with a food allergy or intolerance who are eligible for free school meals have their requirements met.
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