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-05048
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its efforts to assess the potential effectiveness of a population-based case finding approach to hepatitis C.
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Question reference: S5W-04800
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to people who are addicted to betting (a) on fixed-odds betting terminals and (b) in general.
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Question reference: S5W-04799
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that betting shops frequently bypass current rules on the maximum number of fixed-odds betting terminals per shop by opening a number of shops close to each other.
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Question reference: S5W-04801
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to limit the maximum bet on fixed-odds betting terminals once it has the powers to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-04798
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the rules governing the use of fixed-odds betting terminals.
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Question reference: S5W-04548
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, by the end of the year, how many people it estimates will have been treated for hepatitis C in 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-04549
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been diagnosed with hepatitis C in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-04547
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been treated for hepatitis C since 2013, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-04530
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to review and evaluate the impact of health and social care integration on people using care services.
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Question reference: S5W-04546
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which prisons have an opt-out approach to blood-borne virus testing.