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-26353
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what investment it plans to make to support the transformation of NHS IT services, and how much will be made available to each NHS board for any such work.
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Question reference: S6W-26448
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Scotland’s ageing population and reported projections by the Office for National Statistics that one quarter of Scotland’s population will be aged 65 or over by 2040, what consideration it has given to any changes that are required to the provision of housing to meet Scotland’s needs.
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Question reference: S6W-26355
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been recorded as rough sleeping in each local authority area in each month since January 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26449
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 17 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered introducing targets to ensure that an adequate proportion of new housing developments is accessible and adaptable to meet the housing needs of an ageing population.
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Question reference: S6W-26453
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many criminal record disclosure checks have been undertaken on unregulated non-healthcare professionals that perform invasive cosmetic procedures in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26457
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received NHS medical treatment in Scotland following complications with invasive cosmetic procedures performed by unregulated non-healthcare professionals (a) in Scotland and (b) outside of Scotland, in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26452
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had with UK Government ministers regarding UK-wide regulation of invasive cosmetic procedures by non-healthdare professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-26451
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had regarding the regulation in Scotland of invasive cosmetic procedures by non-healthcare professionals.
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Question reference: S6W-26450
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people on average have been on waiting lists for community-based palliative care in each NHS board area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-26359
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have been placed in adult mental health facilities, due to spaces being unavailable in facilities for children and young people, in each NHS board in each year since 1999.