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: S6W-06375
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce the quantity of unused paint being sent to landfill or for incineration.
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Question reference: S6W-06293
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has commissioned work to establish the (a) set-up and (b) running costs of a National Care Service, and what (i) other assessment it has made of these costs and (ii) it estimates these costs will be.
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Question reference: S6W-06296
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase access to psychological therapies and other mental health support for people with kidney disease.
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Question reference: S6W-06391
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the prevalence of financial scams linked to the NHS Scotland Covid Status app.
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Question reference: S6W-06209
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government in relation to reported labour shortages.
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Question reference: S6W-06128
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many women aged 50 to 70 are currently waiting to be invited for breast cancer screening.
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Question reference: S6W-06523
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on trade union facility time, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06487
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05454 by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2022, how many NHS boards are receiving "enhanced support" to meet the standard that 90% of children and young people begin treatment within 18 weeks of referral for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
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Question reference: S6W-06503
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on contracts for external management consultants, broken down by contract, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06525
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reduced the budget under the heading, National Records of Scotland, by £3.7 million in its Budget for 2021-22, compared with 2020-21.