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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: S6W-16002

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates could be eligible for a free, short-term loan of a wheelchair under its guidance issued to health and social care partnerships.

Question reference: S6W-16001

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many health and social care partnerships have implemented its guidance on the provision of wheelchairs on free, short-term loan.

Question reference: S6F-01960

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2023

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to tackle the reportedly high levels of delayed discharge, which are estimated to have cost over £161 million in 2022-23 to date.

Question reference: S6W-15497

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with NHS Golden Jubilee regarding the use of the hotel to generate income.

Question reference: S6W-15681

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 20 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many applications have been made and (b) what the average payment processing time has been for the Adult Disability Payment in each of the last six months.

Official statistics covering applications and processing times for Adult Disability Payment are published as a part of the regularly scheduled quarterly publication.

The latest Adult Disability Payment statistical publication was published on Tuesday 14 March 2023. Information on the number of applications made by month is included in table 1 and information on the average processing time by month is included in table 9.

This publication is available from:

https://www.gov.scot/collections/social-security-scotland-stats-publications/#benefitsforcarersanddisabilityassistance .

Processing times for Adult Disability Payment applications have increased since the national launch of the benefit and were at an average of 79 working days in January 2023. However, as a result of some improvements to processes, and the increasing experience and confidence of staff, Social Security Scotland is now making a higher volume of decisions on Adult Disability Payment each week, and we expect this to noticeably improve processing times.

Question reference: S6W-15586

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the specific needs of blood cancer patients will be fully recognised in its proposed new cancer strategy.

Question reference: S6W-15585

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its proposed new cancer strategy.

Question reference: S6W-15399

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regarding any endometriosis medication supply issues, and what remedies it will offer to patients until any supply issues are resolved.

Question reference: S6W-15395

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with Boots, in light of reports that the pharmacy's wholesale arm will not transact with the manufacturer, Allium, which has left some patients in Scotland with endometriosis without a supply of medication.

Question reference: S6W-15396

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help pharmacies obtain stock of Synarel, in light of reports that supplies of the medication will be unavailable until May 2023.