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-02932
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of current ambulance response times in the NHS Lothian area.
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Question reference: S6W-02972
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to undertake modelling of the cancer services workforce regarding any requirements due to rising demand and more complex needs.
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Question reference: S6W-02798
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allow the COVID-19 vaccination status of people normally resident in Scotland to be recorded as fully vaccinated if they have received (a) an NHS-approved vaccine outside of the UK in an EU member state or as part of a UK vaccine roll-out overseas, (b) a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency or Swiss vaccination programme in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City and (c) a vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States; when it plans to implement any such changes, and what exemptions will be made for people normally resident in Scotland who work abroad and have received one or both doses of a vaccine in a country that is not included in any of these situations.
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Question reference: S6W-02956
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid out in legal fees by each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02703
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which national public sector organisations tendered for PPE, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in the financial year 2020-21; which companies or organisations have been awarded contracts from these tender exercises; where these companies or organisations are based, and what the financial value was of each contract awarded to each of these companies or organisations.
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Question reference: S6W-02728
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the number of people seen within four hours in A&E departments in NHS Highland was at a record low in the week ending 15 August 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-02706
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has taken account of the COVID-19 vaccination programme, extended flu immunisations and COVID-19 booster vaccinations in the funding allocation for the delivery of the wider Vaccination Transformation Programme (VTP).
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Question reference: S6W-03377
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether elective surgery in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has been halted, and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-03378
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any reports of cancer surgery being halted in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and, if so, whether it will provide details of these reports.
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Question reference: S6W-03368
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether civil servants who have been tasked with preparing plans for an independence referendum will be redeployed to assist the Scottish Ambulance Service, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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