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-00746
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it last held discussions with NHS Grampian regarding the work it is doing to deal with the backlog of patients waiting for treatments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00749
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in each local authority area in the South Scotland parliamentary region have been returned to use with support from the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership, in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-00744
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients within the NHS Grampian health board have been waiting more than 12 weeks for (a) inpatient or day case treatment, and (b) outpatient appointments.
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Question reference: S6W-00604
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-18890 and S4W-20593 by Alex Neil on 8 January and 4 April 2014 and S4W-27915 by Shona Robison 29 October 2015, the 2011 report, A Study of Medical Negligence Claiming in Scotland, which was published by the No-fault Compensation Review Group that was chaired by Professor Sheila McLean of the University of Glasgow and its consultation on the matter in 2012, whether it will bring forward legislation to introduce a no-fault compensation for patients who have been harmed as a result of clinical treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-00622
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to roll-out the app trialled by the University of Glasgow for people living with long COVID to record their symptoms.
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Question reference: S6W-00820
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) value and (b) full potential duration is of the time charter agreement that it has signed with Pentland Ferries Ltd for the MV Pentalina, for services on contracted Clyde and Hebrides routes.
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Question reference: S6W-00794
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd is actively considering a tender for the new national flagship vessel that was recently announced by the UK Government, and which will be procured via Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), given that a design competition is to be started soon and that the contractor will be determined by September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-00822
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the impact that chartering the MV Pentalina from Pentland Ferries has had on industrial relations at CalMac.
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Question reference: S6W-00819
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the time chartering of the MV Pentalina will have on the annual level of subsidy that CalMac receives under the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services contract.
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Question reference: S6W-00829
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it has received from the UK Government that the (a) MV Pentalina, and (b) MV Alfred are safe to operate on ferry routes in Scotland.