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-06612
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported findings of a Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland survey that suggest that the demand for specialist mental health care has significantly increased among children and young people.
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Question reference: S6W-06608
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can clarify if it is NHS 24 policy to refer patients to their GP, during GP opening times.
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Question reference: S6W-06609
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how often it reviews the NHS 24 service to ensure that it is delivering effectively for patients.
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Question reference: S6W-06660
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that personal footcare, specifically toenail cutting and filing services, is provided to older and at-risk people who require regular checks, and where this is not taking place, what support is being provided to such individuals.
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Question reference: S6W-06610
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to reach its target of investing 1% of the health budget in CAMHS services by the end of this parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-06133
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the five-year survival data for pancreatic cancer in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-05766
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage GP practices to review their policies and practice and ensure pathways or adjustments are in place to ensure every woman can access cervical screening.
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Question reference: S6W-05765
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on HPV self-sampling, and when it plans to introduce this method to the cervical screening programme.
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Question reference: S6O-00706
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional financial assistance it plans to provide to help local authorities meet their net zero targets.
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Question reference: S6W-05432
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to adopting the Safe and Together model for child welfare.