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-00670
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 21 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review funding for disabled sportsmen and -women and provide additional promotion of disabled athletes.
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Question reference: S5W-00665
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support for learning teachers there have been each year since 2007, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-00475
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the NHS's capacity to deliver three full cycles of IVF.
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Question reference: S5W-00667
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the provision of mindfulness therapy as a treatment for mental health problems.
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Question reference: S5W-00668
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made or plans on the effectiveness of mindfulness therapy as a treatment for mental health problems.
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Question reference: S5W-00378
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any concerns about NHS Lothian's workforce planning policies, in light of the report by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on elderly care wards in Astley Ainslie Hospital, Ferryfield House, Findlay House and Ellens Glen, which suggest that care was under pressure due to staff shortages, and what support it can provide to NHS Lothian to address this issue.
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Question reference: S5W-00376
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on elderly care wards in Astley Ainslie Hospital, Ferryfield House, Findlay House and Ellens Glen, which suggest that care was under pressure due to staff shortages and that inspectors themselves had to intervene to help patients, and what discussions it has had with NHS Lothian in this regard.
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Question reference: S5W-00380
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that NHS Lothian acts to remedy issues of concern that were identified in the report by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on elderly care wards in Astley Ainslie Hospital, Ferryfield House, Findlay House and Ellens Glen.
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Question reference: S5W-00218
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that each GP surgery has access to an adequate (i) mobile phone signal and (ii) broadband service.
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Question reference: S5W-00215
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 June 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out with the UK Government to ensure that all (a) remote and (b) rural communities in Scotland have access to an adequate (i) mobile phone signal and (ii) broadband service.