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-33673
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is monitoring the prevalence of coercion to (a) continue and (b) terminate a pregnancy among women presenting at abortion services.
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Question reference: S5W-33664
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of complications or mental health concerns following an abortion have been reported since the changes to procedures on 31 March 2020 where a woman (a) had an abortion via a fully remote service, (b) took only the second pill at home and (c) took both pills at a clinic or hospital, and at what gestation the complications occurred.
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Question reference: S5W-33675
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of women’s experiences of disposal of pregnancy remains following a termination at home, particularly in cases of higher gestations.
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Question reference: S5W-33666
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) call-outs by emergency services and (b) emergency presentations and/or admissions to emergency departments, hospitals, obstetrics/gynaecology units, paediatric units and early pregnancy awareness units in relation to legal abortions there have been since the changes to abortion procedures on 31 March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-33672
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of the telemedicine abortion service has had on costs of abortion provision.
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Question reference: S5W-33665
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of complications or mental health concerns following an abortion were reported in 2019 where a woman took (a) only the second pill at home and (b) both pills at a clinic or hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-33674
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that the voices of women who may have experienced coercion either to continue or to terminate a pregnancy are being represented in its current consultation, Early medical abortion at home.
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Question reference: S5W-33668
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of the telemedicine abortion service has had on the volume of calls to helplines from women undergoing an early medical abortion compared with the period immediately prior to its introduction.
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Question reference: S5W-33671
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) meetings, virtual or otherwise, and (b) other electronic communications it has had with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service regarding abortion services in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5F-04653
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2020
To ask the First Minister how many staff are employed to answer calls to book COVID-19 tests in Scotland.