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: S4W-03638
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will use evidence-based data to assess intervention programmes arising from health reforms and, if so, who will collect and evaluate this.
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Question reference: S4W-03657
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 7 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Scotland have lupus.
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Question reference: S4W-03636
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many foster carers the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has in Scotland and on BAAF's training budget for each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-03192
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board (a) spends on prescriptions and (b) was allocated for 2011-12 for the withdrawal of prescription fees.
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Question reference: S4W-03033
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is on target to provide treatment in child and adolescent mental health services from referral within 26 weeks by 2013 and, if so, what evidence it has to support this.
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Question reference: S4O-00276
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2011
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will request that the Scottish Prison Service record all visits made by children to family members in prison and whether it considers that setting targets for such visits would help the rehabilitation of prisoners.
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Question reference: S4W-03193
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether random drug testing is carried out on people on methadone programmes.
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Question reference: S4W-03031
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes there have been in the number of (a) young people and (b) adults smoking since the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 was introduced.
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Question reference: S4W-02570
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) colleges and (b) universities are offering degree courses in sport in 2011-12.
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Question reference: S4W-02573
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many specialist sport facilities offer sports coaching to disabled people.