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-32089
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of some university students not being able to return to campus and others paying full price for a limited service due to COVID-19, what action it can take to reduce fees for (a) international, (b) postgraduate and (c) other university students.
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Question reference: S5W-32009
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the plan by Stirling Council to take over control of the running of the Wallace Monument, and what discussions it has had with the council regarding plans it has for its development.
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Question reference: S5W-31719
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people who experienced a stroke in 2019-20 received a thrombectomy procedure within six hours of presenting at a hospital, and what information it has on how this compares with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-31720
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it made in achieving each of the targets for stroke prevention, treatment and care that were set out in its 2019-20 Programme for Government, and when it expects stroke survivors to gain full benefit from these.
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Question reference: S5W-31721
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to stroke care stakeholders to ensure that they are fully trained in providing treatment to survivors; whether it is aware of any knowledge deficit and, if so, what action it is taking to rectify this.
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Question reference: S5W-31544
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the December 2019 minutes of the National Advisory Committee on Stroke, which reportedly suggest that there are budget constraints when implementing stroke care.
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Question reference: S5W-31718
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial model it uses to determine how much it spends on stroke care, and what account this takes of the social and economic impact of effective treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-31545
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much it spends on stroke care, and how this compares with how much it would have to spend to match the Royal College of Physicians’ 2016 stroke guidelines.
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Question reference: S5O-04625
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to empower local authorities to take decisions that are right for their communities.
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Question reference: S5W-31510
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of there only being two specialist mother and baby units in Scotland, what action it is taking to support the mental health of new mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it will improve (a) access to these units and (b) the provision of specialist community perinatal mental health services in each NHS board area.