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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-23795

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how long it anticipates the journey from University Hospital Wishaw to Aberdeen Maternity Hospital will take for ambulances moving premature babies.

Question reference: S6W-23798

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Ambulance Service will have its (a) funding and (b) capacity levels increased to enable the transfer of critically ill premature babies, and, if so, between which neonatal facilities, and by how much.

Question reference: S6W-23801

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government where premature babies that require level 3 care will be transferred to from NHS Lanarkshire if full capacity in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has been reached.

Question reference: S6W-23803

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Royal Hospital for Children Neonatal Unit, Glasgow, has reached capacity in the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-24117

  • Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates will be raised by the intermediate property rate in (a) 2024-25, and (b) in each year since its introduction, broken down by industry sector.

Question reference: S6W-23805

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that some mothers will be too unwell to travel to another NHS board with their premature babies, preventing them from being by their baby’s side in hospital to have a hands-on role as partners in care with the medical team, in light of Bliss reportedly describing this as “crucial”.

Question reference: S6W-23797

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken in relation to ensuring the safety of premature babies being transported long distances from hospitals in North Lanarkshire to Aberdeen, in light of the distance of travel.

Question reference: S6W-24045

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people are currently living with long COVID.

Question reference: S6W-23778

  • Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in relation to the statement that, "In the coming months, we will be working with partners across the health and social care system, Local Government and wider stakeholders, to set out our shared long term planning for population health and integrated health and social care services development", as set out in its publication, NHS Recovery Plan 2021-26: Annual Progress Update 2023.

Question reference: S6W-23794

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of any additional capacity required for the Scottish Ambulance Service to move premature babies between NHS boards as part of its reported plans to downgrade neonatal units in Scotland.