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: S6O-00589
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.
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Question reference: S6O-00591
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the delivery of the extension of free personal care to people under 65.
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Question reference: S6O-00590
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards require pregnant medical staff to work in settings where there are patients with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-05200
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04807 by Lorna Slater on 14 December 2021, whether, as part of its work on a route map, it will consider moving from weight-based to carbon-based recycling targets for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05089
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the £40,000 that it committed to delivering a targeted marketing campaign relating to long COVID, in conjunction with community pharmacies, has been allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-05087
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when NHS dental care will resume operating at the same capacity as prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-05000
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resources it is providing for the long-term care required for people with long COVID, chronic fatigue syndromes and chronic pain.
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Question reference: S6W-04983
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resources it estimates are required to ensure that patients referred for orthopaedic treatment will start treatment within 18-week referral-to-treatment target.
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Question reference: S6W-04701
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when a case note review was carried out for the case of Andrew Slorance at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-05271
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the introduction of the Down Syndrome Bill to the UK Parliament by Liam Fox MP, what (a) support and (b) provisions it will provide in order to establish a national strategy to improve (i) provision and (ii) outcomes for people with Down syndrome in Scotland.
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