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-03108
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many paramedics have taken early retirement in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-03107
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many allied health professionals have taken early retirement in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-03149
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many outpatient appointments in each month since March 2020 have taken place (a) face to face, (b) over the telephone and (c) virtually, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-03483
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it is reportedly recognising COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the USA but not those administered in Canada.
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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-03664
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to involve private digital technology providers in the handling of GP telephone consultations.
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Question reference: S6W-03315
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action is taking to ensure that the decision regarding whether children should have a COVID-19 vaccination will remain a matter of personal choice for the young people concerned.
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Question reference: S6W-03657
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many homeless people in each NHS board area have received a GP appointment in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02262
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) Public Health Scotland and (b) NHS boards are collecting data on the way patients access treatment in GP surgeries in light of the changes to face-to-face appointments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-03421
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03183 by Mairi Gougeon on 28 September 2021, whether it will publish a timetable covering the current parliamentary session for the reform of crofting law.
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