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.
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To ask the Scottish Government what explicit, quantified commitments, targets or plans it has to (a) provide access to (i) green and (ii) blue spaces, (b) set minimum time limits for populations to access green spaces from home, (c) improve areas of outstanding scenic quality and enhance landscape features and (d) create green hubs to support mental health through access to green and blue spaces, and what arrangements it has committed to with the UK Government to provide a joint UK access service to promote and support access to the environment.
To ask the Scottish Government how many women in prison were registered as having a disability in each of the last five years, and, of those, how many had a (a) physical and (b) learning disability.
To ask the Scottish Government how many women in prison have been sectioned under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government how many doctors have qualified through the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) programme to date.
To ask the Scottish Government how many participants in the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) programme, who accepted a "return of service" bursary, have had to repay the bursary for not satisfying the return of service period, in each year since the programme was established.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether the electric fire appliance provided to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has entered service, and, if it has not, when this is expected to happen.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timeframe for when it expects to publish data on homelessness for displaced Ukrainians who have arrived in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance or advice it has issued to Scottish public authorities and charities that it funds, that have contact with asylum seekers or presumed human trafficking survivors, regarding the UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill and, in particular, any retrospective effect since its introduction into the UK Parliament on 7 March 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26043 by Jeane Freeman on 11 November 2019, how many children and young people have completed suicide in each year since 2018.
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes have been built in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency since 2007, and how many of these have been for social housing.