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: S5W-01176
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that all mental health wards should be constructed to full anti-ligature specification.
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Question reference: S5W-01173
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that it complies with all (a) legislation relating to patient safety and (b) health and safety at work legislation.
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Question reference: S5W-01309
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many young carers are at college or university.
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Question reference: S5W-01201
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the stakeholder event that the then Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health, Jamie Hepburn, agreed to during stage 3 of the Mental Health Bill on 24 June 2015 (Official Report, col. 121).
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Question reference: S5W-01010
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government (a) when it will act on recommendations made in its Child Death Review Report of 2014 and the subsequent steering group report of March 2016 to introduce a national collaborative multi-agency system for reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of a child and (b) what work it will do toward reducing avoidable mortality in children and young people.
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Question reference: S5W-00935
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the threat from the Zika virus and what information is being provided by the NHS to people visiting affected countries.
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Question reference: S5W-00925
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many paediatricians work in NHS Scotland, broken down by board.
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Question reference: S5W-00926
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many care home places there are, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) whether they are in the (i) private or (ii) public sector.
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Question reference: S5W-00930
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-00922
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been given methadone prescriptions in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.