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-02536
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many ambulances have been single-crewed in each year since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-03829
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi McAllan on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome is of its latest review into border health measures, and whether there will be any changes to the regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-03425
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people who do not have internet access can easily arrange their (a) flu and (b) COVID-19 booster vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-03424
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people can easily rearrange their flu vaccination appointments and that these take place locally.
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Question reference: S6W-01953
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its plans for certification of COVID-19 vaccination status for international travel include exemptions for people who cannot receive any of the COVID-19 vaccines currently available.
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Question reference: S6W-02899
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, 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 action it is taking to fill the reported 406 nursing and midwifery posts that are vacant in NHS Grampian.
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Question reference: S6W-02898
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, 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 NHS boards notify the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care of the Code Black status of hospitals and, if so, how (a) this is communicated and (b) many times this has happened in each of last three years, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-02446
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects a COVID-19 digital vaccine app to be available to people in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-02539
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with the commitment in its 2016-17 Programme for Government to "train 1,000 new paramedics over the next five years", and by what date this will be achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-02309
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates have missed an early diagnosis of melanoma due to disruption to health services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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