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-27093
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has spoken to the relevant authorities regarding plans to bolster public transport links between Ayr and Stranraer, in light of the reported ongoing disruption on the railway line from Ayr.
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Question reference: S6W-27091
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an equality impact assessment regarding the number of any missed health appointments as a result of the reported ongoing disruption to the railway line from Stranraer to Ayr, in particular for women.
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Question reference: S6W-27092
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted an economic impact assessment of any damage to the economy of Stranraer and the surrounding area due to the reported ongoing disruption on the railway line from Ayr.
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Question reference: S6W-26692
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how often it has met with Professor Marmot in the last three years; what was discussed, and what action it has taken following any such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-26897
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland services and departments still use paper-based medical records.
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Question reference: S6W-26592
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to assess the impact of the Scottish Ambulance Service’s Integrated Clinical Hub service on the demand for ambulances, including on waiting times at accident and emergency departments.
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Question reference: S6W-26590
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff work within the Scottish Ambulance Service’s Integrated Clinical Hub service, broken down by (a) each hub and (b) profession.
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Question reference: S6O-03370
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it has funded local government adequately to deliver the services that it has responsibility for.
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Question reference: S6W-26699
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it takes to hold public bodies and their leaders to account on the use of public money, in order to ensure that spending is closely aligned to have an impact on reducing inequality and poverty.
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Question reference: S6W-26664
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any implications for Scottish social security payments to women in Scotland as a result of the findings in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report, Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes.