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-02259
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding policies that are in place to ensure single-sex ward provision in hospitals.
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Question reference: S6W-02592
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on links between long COVID and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and what research it is undertaking or planning to undertake into any such links.
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Question reference: S6W-01658
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Modelling the Pandemic report, which claims that the true scale of COVID-19 infections is being underreported in official figures, and warns that virus prevalence in recent wastewater sampling "significantly exceeded levels suggested by case rates".
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Question reference: S6W-02488
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research has been carried out regarding the presence of antibodies following a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-02531
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what clinical trials are taking place on the early treatment of COVID-19 using vitamins and/or drugs to help reduce the number of people requiring hospitalisation.
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Question reference: S6W-02512
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the scientific evidence it received to justify the change in arrangements for regular smear tests for women over 50 from every three years to every five.
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Question reference: S6W-02503
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time has been to see a dementia specialist in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-02476
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of the primary school performance and attainment data that was published by The Times on 18 August 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-02513
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the change to arrangements for regular smear tests for women over 50 from every three years to every five is related to capacity issues.
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Question reference: S6W-02423
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the advice being issued to participants in the Valneva vaccine trial, related to their vaccination status.
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