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.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19295 by Maree Todd on 5 July 2023, whether the entire allocation for the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund was spent in the financial year 2022-23, and, if not, how much was left over.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will waive the normal three-year residency requirement for home status, for people from Hong Kong who have been granted leave on the British National (Overseas) visa, to access publicly-funded student support, including free tuition, loans, bursaries and grants by the Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS).
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the names of the members of the Pain Management Task Force and the relevant subsidiary Short Life Working Groups are not published, and whether it will consider (a) reviewing this decision and (b) making the membership list publicly available.
To ask the Scottish Government what its long-term plans are for investment in the deployment of shore power and maritime decarbonisation, and what assurances it can provide to the maritime sector in Scotland in light of reports that the UK Government will not guarantee funding for such programmes beyond 2025.
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the Workforce Action Plan and Delivery Plan for its Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to issue Primary Care Improvement Fund allocation letters to Health and Social Care Partnerships by the end of June 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further information on the "programme of work on digital inclusion being undertaken with a particular focus on mental health and housing to better understand potential barriers to digital access", as set out in its Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the (a) decanting and (b) operational closure of HMP Barlinnie.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider how data collated and held by NHS boards on mental health conditions can be improved and held consistently across all boards, in order to improve understanding of the prevalence of specific conditions.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered any differences in patient (a) waiting times and (b) accessibility for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment between NHS Scotland and NHS England.