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: S6O-02284
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government where the new acute general teaching hospitals will be built over the next 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-17763
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices are currently operating with a single GP.
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Question reference: S6W-16848
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the National Treatment Centre – Highland, whether a booking system is operational for all NHS boards to refer their (a) orthopaedic and (b) ophthalmic patients, and which NHS board is ultimately responsible for overseeing any such booking system; what mechanisms are currently in place for prioritising (i) orthopaedic and (ii) ophthalmic patients on the waiting list, and whether any priority system will be used to order NHS board applications to the (A) orthopaedic and (B) ophthalmic waiting lists, and what the (1) date of the first booking and (2) total number of patients on the waiting list is, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6O-02223
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, prior to the signing by the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity of the Memorandum of Understanding between NatureScot and financial partners, how much financing it had identified would be required to meet its net zero targets for tree planting.
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Question reference: S6W-16843
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it next plans to meet with the Scottish Veterans Commissioner.
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Question reference: S6W-16839
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is cooperating with the UK Government’s review into welfare provision for veterans.
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Question reference: S6W-16841
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided any support to the Forces Families Jobs website.
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Question reference: S6W-16838
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest assessment is of the total number of veterans in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16840
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Skills Development Scotland’s collaboration with the Ministry of Defence to support career transitions for veterans.
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Question reference: S6W-16849
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to patients who live outside the NHS Highland area and are being treated at the National Treatment Centre – Highland, what support for (a) travel costs will any such patients be entitled to, and whether any such support will extend to the patient’s family, and (b) accommodation costs will any such patients’ family members be entitled to in order to ensure that they can accompany those undergoing treatment at the facility, and, in each instance, who will cover any such costs.