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
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Question reference: S5W-31320
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 31 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) marquees, (b) tents, (c) undercover shelters, (d) canvas coverings and (d) pods are classed as indoor areas in relation to its (i) current COVID-19 guidance and (ii) route map for exiting COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-31323
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in the light of its advice that “In indoor places and where physical distancing is difficult and where there is a risk of contact within [two metres] with people who are not members of your household, you are expected to wear a face covering”, for what reason the use of face coverings in schools has not been made compulsory.
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Question reference: S5W-31009
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what indicators it uses to ensure that the national governance process for stroke care is performing to standard, and what its response is to reported concerns regarding the national guidelines for stroke expiring after 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-31008
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have not yet embedded the 2016 Royal College of Physicians stroke guidelines, or their equivalent, into the care they provide to patients who survive a stroke, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-31007
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to report on how stroke care has performed against the Scottish Stroke Improvement Plan over the last year, and whether there will be any changes to the (a) format of this year’s report and (b) scope or quality of the data collected that enables stakeholders to assess whether NHS services are meeting the needs of people who survive a stroke and enabling them to achieve their recovery potential.
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Question reference: S5W-31010
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how Scotland’s stroke improvement plan compares with the leading examples of stroke strategies and plans in other UK and European nations, and what plans it has to refresh Scotland's stroke improvement plan to ensure that the care received by patients in Scotland who survive a stroke is comparable to that received in the rest of the UK and Europe.
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Question reference: S5W-31013
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve the patient experience and potential accuracy of COVID-19 tests conducted at self-testing stations.
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Question reference: S5W-31011
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of an increased number of pedestrians and cyclists, what plans it has to work with Police Scotland to introduce an online reporting tool for road traffic incidents and offences, similar to the one used by the Metropolitan Police in London, in order to improve safety.
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Question reference: S5W-30968
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, provided appropriate social distancing rules are followed, what plans it has to review to 50-person limit on the number of people permitted to attend places of worship as part of the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown measures to allow more people to attend in (a) rural communities that are primarily reliant on the size of their church congregation and (b) large-capacity buildings.
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Question reference: S5F-04285
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2020
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to Police Scotland’s reported budget overspend during the COVID-19 crisis.