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-26452
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had with UK Government ministers regarding UK-wide regulation of invasive cosmetic procedures by non-healthdare professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-26451
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had regarding the regulation in Scotland of invasive cosmetic procedures by non-healthcare professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-26450
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people on average have been on waiting lists for community-based palliative care in each NHS board area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26348
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of childcare voucher schemes on any policies that it has in place to support parents and carers to return to work.
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Question reference: S6W-26360
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to end the practice of placing children and young people in adult mental health facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-26351
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the investment that will need to be made in GP services in each of the next five years, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-26356
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its aim to greatly reduce the placement of young people with learning disabilities in out-of-area residential placements and inappropriate hospital settings by March 2024, how many young people with learning disabilities and complex care needs are currently placed in such inappropriate hospital settings for assessment or treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-26359
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have been placed in adult mental health facilities, due to spaces being unavailable in facilities for children and young people, in each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26357
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any additional costs that the hospice sector will face in future years.
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Question reference: S6W-26507
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the plans for an online postal self-sampling service outlined in the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Action Plan 2023-2026 will include testing for hepatitis C.