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
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Question reference: S6O-02787
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on Behalf of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body) on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what mental health support it has in place for SPCB and MSP staff, and what work it has done to promote available resources.
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Question reference: S6W-22748
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06439 by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022, what the current status is of its work on adopting a formal definition of Islamophobia; whether it will commit to adopting the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' definition of Islamophobia, and, if so, within what timeframe.
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Question reference: S6O-02751
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reportedly stagnant level of economic growth.
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Question reference: S6W-22408
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many active working groups there currently are that fall under the remit of the Social Justice portfolio.
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Question reference: S6O-02655
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its long-term labour market strategy, what steps it is taking to address any skills shortages affecting the economy.
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Question reference: S6W-21452
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce child poverty rates, specifically in families with a baby under the age of one year.
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Question reference: S6W-21306
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation in the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland report, Out of NHS area placements, that NHS Boards “develop and apply a set of discharge planning standards informed by cross agency multi-professional groups and those with experience (carers and people with experience of services) which focus on recovery and return to local areas”.
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Question reference: S6W-21310
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation in Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland report, Out of NHS area placements, that there should be “standards from referral to transfer with involvement of those receiving the care and treatment, their carers/family and those most important to them (as appropriate) that outline the key steps required for an inclusive, supported approach to planning an out of area placement”.
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Question reference: S6W-21309
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a formal response to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland report, Out of NHS area placements.
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Question reference: S6W-21307
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recent Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland report, Out of NHS area placements.