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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to ensure mental health multidisciplinary teams have routine access to dieticians to prevent people with mental health problems developing physical health conditions, and to support them to manage the impact of medications on physical health.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the number of people with autism (a) taking up a modern apprenticeship and (b) accessing full-time employment.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03289 by Aileen Campbell on 28 October 2016, what progress it is making with the development of the child and adolescent health and wellbeing strategy; by what date it will be published; how it will align with the mental health strategy, and how it will ensure the meaningful engagement of children and young people with its (a) development, (b) implementation and (c) roll-out.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to establish no-parking zones around schools.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-07621 by Aileen Campbell on 31 March 2017, for what reason this figure is lower than the figures for England and Wales, which were given in response to House of Lords parliamentary question QWA HL5369 on 21 February 2017.
To ask the Scottish Government what role community level schemes play in providing access to affordable nutritious food play as outlined in the 2017-2027 Mental Health Strategy, particularly in communities at higher risk of developing mental health problems.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that unscheduled care takes account of the needs of people with mental health problems. and what action it is taking to address concerns that they might wait longer for this.
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports (a) integration authorities and (a) local authorities in determining and addressing the levels of mental health and wellbeing inequalities experienced in their areas.
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local authorities in developing mental health strategies.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to improve the provision of services to treat child and adolescent mental health problems.