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-31431
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the evidence in the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee report, Remote and Rural Healthcare Inquiry, what action it is taking to address the reported declining proportion of NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC) funding for rural NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-31428
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices within NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian have chosen to end a so-called 17J contract with their NHS board in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-31199
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek information on any gap between the staffing levels identified through the common staffing method and the actual number of staff recruited by NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-31405
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether any public funding has been provided to Stream Bioenergy in the last five years; if so, how much was provided, and for what purpose.
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Question reference: S6W-31422
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many qualified childminders are currently registered in the (a) Argyll and Bute Council, (b) Highland Council, (c) Moray Council, (d) Orkney Islands Council, (e) Shetland Islands Council and (f) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar area.
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Question reference: S6W-31416
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19806 by Michael Matheson on 31 July 2023, whether it will provide an update on how many GPs have been recruited by NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian through the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) programme in the 2024 recruitment round, and how many of them remain in post.
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Question reference: S6W-31401
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many children are currently estimated to live in a household in which at least one parent or parental figure exhibited hazardous drinking behaviour, following the findings of the 2019 Public Health Survey.
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Question reference: S6W-31399
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to raise female life expectancy above the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level of 81 years.
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Question reference: S6W-31398
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve waiting times for endometriosis diagnosis.
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Question reference: S6W-31396
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 3 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to address the reported concerns of local residents that live within the immediate vicinity of the safer drug consumption room in Glasgow.
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