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-18895
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the Scottish Drugs Forum in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S6W-18899
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) the evaluation process is and (b) tools are used to assess the efficacy of Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, which is a centrally funded organisation.
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Question reference: S6W-18900
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) the evaluation process is and (b) tools are used to assess the value for money of funding allocated to the Scottish Drugs Forum, which is a centrally funded organisation.
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Question reference: S6W-18898
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) the evaluation process is and (b) tools are used to assess the value for money for funding allocated to Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs, which is a centrally funded organisation.
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Question reference: S6W-18896
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much central and core funding has been allocated to Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S6W-18892
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated from its 2023-24 Budget to the Technology Enabled Care programme to date.
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Question reference: S6W-18891
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the budget allocated to the Technology Enabled Care programme was used to fund the Overdose Alert and Response Technologies: State-of-the-art Review by the University of Stirling.
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Question reference: S6W-18893
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the Technology Enabled Care programme in each year since 2015.
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Question reference: S6F-02256
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 June 2023
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6W-18968
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Scottish Public Health Observatory update, Estimated numbers of people prescribed opioid substitution therapy in Scotland, published on 30 May 2023, what measures are being taken to address any issues associated with Community Health Index (CHI) capture for opioid substitute therapy, in order to ensure more accurate figures for the number of people prescribed these medications.