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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: S5W-22568

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken an analysis of the anticipated impact of the forthcoming deposit return scheme on local authority kerbside collections, and whether it will publish the findings of this.

Question reference: S5W-22675

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service on the establishment of an MP/MSP email and telephone enquiry point of contact.

The Lord Advocate is the head of the system of prosecution and investigation of deaths in Scotland. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) fulfils prosecution and investigation functions which fall within the Lord Advocate's responsibility.

Elected representatives may write to the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General at 25 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LA or by emailing them at [email protected] The Law Officers’ Private Office manages correspondence received from elected representatives, ensures that the correspondence is referred to the appropriate COPFS function and, where possible, that a response is issued within 20 working days.

Question reference: S5O-03138

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help the film industry.

Question reference: S5O-03083

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ascertain how many people have epilepsy, in light of figures not being held centrally.

As part of the development of the National Action Plan on Neurological Conditions, we commissioned NHS Information Services Division (ISD) to help establish better prevalence data on neurological conditions. This work was taken forward under the Scottish Burden of Disease study and ISD estimate that, in 2016, approximately 44,000 people were living with epilepsy in Scotland. It should be noted that this figure remains an estimate and we are committed, through the National Action Plan, to work with ISD and others to improve data on neurological conditions.

Question reference: S5O-03014

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it is accommodating ethnic groups that have applied to be included in the census for the first time in 2021.

Question reference: S5O-03004

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage companies to establish more apprenticeships.

Question reference: S5W-21404

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a legal right for victims of crime to challenge parole board decisions.

Question reference: S5O-02879

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the NHS policy is on prescribing wigs for patients receiving private healthcare.

Question reference: S5W-20208

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish an industry advisory board or panel to inform and support the design of a deposit return scheme.

Question reference: S5O-02679

Asked by: Richard Lyle, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what authority the NHS has to stop family members from visiting a patient in hospital.