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-40039
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to recruit and retain social care staff.
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Question reference: S6W-40038
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on social care in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-40031
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of residents being placed in care homes more than two hours from family and wider support networks.
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Question reference: S6W-40032
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the (a) Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland and (b) Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40036
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest wait was in 2024-25 for a patient whose discharge from hospital was delayed.
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Question reference: S6W-40030
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places there (i) were in 2015 and (ii) currently are, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-40033
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the First Minister last met the (a) Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland and (b) Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40040
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether people face a so-called postcode lottery in accessing social care services.
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Question reference: S6W-40034
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase preventative care in the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-40035
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 August 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered providing multi-year contracts to not-for-profit organisations providing care services.
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