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-03607
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many existing hospital beds will be released as a result of improvements that are planned to reduce delayed discharge.
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Question reference: S6W-02386
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it has made available to NHS Highland to reduce the number of patients waiting for orthopaedic treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-02560
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering a vaccine booster programme for the whole population, in light of findings in a recent study of people who are double-vaccinated, showing a decrease in protection from COVID-19 after six months.
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Question reference: S6W-03516
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which genomic tests that identify companion biomarkers for access to medicines accepted by the Scottish Medicines Consortium are not currently available in NHS Scotland, and what the timeline is for these tests to be available to NHS Scotland patients.
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Question reference: S6W-03382
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of cancelled appointments within NHS consultant clinics, and what guidance it has issued on this.
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Question reference: S6W-03381
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how long it estimates it will take the NHS to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and when it anticipates NHS waiting times will return to pre-pandemic levels.
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Question reference: S6W-03399
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether any funding has been given to (a) BP, (b) Shell and (c) Siccar Point Energy through the Net Zero Technology Centre.
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Question reference: S6W-03379
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates the NHS will begin meeting the Treatment Time Guarantee in all instances.
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Question reference: S6W-03669
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate any impacts on rural businesses due to the deposit return scheme, in light of four of the 12 organisations consulted in its Scottish Firms Impact Test expressing concerns about logistical and/or critical mass issues, including additional costs to retailers in islands communities due to the need to ship goods by ferry.
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Question reference: S6W-03690
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02428 by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of how much of the £8 million funding that was allocated through Zero Waste Scotland was spent by each local authority.