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-04793
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has had with the British Dental Association Scotland since 1 September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04726
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many gynaecologists there are currently working in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-04640
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on the waiting times for ophthalmology care in (a) an outpatient setting and (b) day cases, in each NHS board area from (i) 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 and (ii) 1 April to 25 November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04974
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research has been carried out into the causes and impact of dystonia.
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Question reference: S6W-04871
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how a commissioning model for the National Care Service would account for a situation where the majority of services available to commission are those provided by one organisation, for example, by a local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-04973
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to support patients with dystonia.
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Question reference: S6W-04960
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03169 by Keith Brown on 1 October 2021, how many mobile phones have been confiscated from prisoners in HMP and YOI Grampian in each month since September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04970
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a targeted, rural heat transition package, which would recognise any distinct challenges and opportunities of rural, remote and island communities.
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Question reference: S6W-04887
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many miles of road have been constructed as a result of (a) commercial forestry and (b) windfarm developments in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-04975
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have dystonia, broken down by NHS board area.
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