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-12973
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many waste water treatment plants there are in the Highlands and Islands region.
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Question reference: S6W-12978
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of sewage services in the Highlands and Islands region are provided privately for (a) commercial activities and (b) domestic properties.
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Question reference: S6W-12985
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many bed days were lost due to delayed discharge for each hospital in the NHS Highland area, in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-12967
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many whole time equivalent civil servants are currently working on activities to reduce the harms associated with (a) alcohol and (b) other drugs.
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Question reference: S6W-12961
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can commit to ensuring that the neurodevelopmental service of NHS Lanarkshire will be fully staffed by the end of January 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-13006
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many active working groups there are that fall under the remit of (a) justice and (b) community safety, and whether it will provide a list of these groups.
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Question reference: S6W-12950
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that patients are protected from the "serious harm" due to overcrowding, which NHS Health Improvement Scotland is reported to have warned NHS board chief executives of in a letter of 11 November 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12984
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many patient bed places there are in each hospital in the NHS Highland area.
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Question reference: S6W-12951
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what immediate action it is taking to reduce overcrowding in (a) University Hospital Monklands and (b) Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
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Question reference: S6W-12963
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to lead or facilitate a national conversation on the sustainability of the NHS.