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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 31 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-17120

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care made official visits to NHS hospitals in each year since his appointment in May 2021.

Question reference: S6W-17297

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the level of any unmet need for social care is in each local authority area across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-17349

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many ovarian cancer patients have self-funded related surgery, such as a hysterectomy, in each of the last five years, and whether there are any NHS board inequalities regarding the NHS funding private treatment.

Question reference: S6W-17163

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the delays to the two new hospital buildings in Aberdeen that have resulted in an increase in the overall budget costs for these projects, how much additional capital it has had to provide in total to NHS infrastructure projects, due to delays to the operational date, in each of the past five years.

Question reference: S6W-17147

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the findings of the literature review, The development of cognitive and emotional maturity in adolescents and its relevance in judicial contexts, which was submitted to the Scottish Sentencing Council in January 2020, in relation to policy areas that engage the wellbeing and welfare of young people, including (a) education, (b) health and (c) equalities.

Question reference: S6W-17329

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the clinical portal has been rolled out across all NHS boards.

Question reference: S6W-17129

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of applications to the Young Patients Family Fund has resulted in the award being granted in 2022-23.    

Question reference: S6W-17290

  • Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Scotland were waiting to be assessed for social care on 1 January 2023.

Question reference: S6W-17347

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland regarding attracting more people to apply for (a) environmental health undergraduate places and (b) work in local authorities.

Question reference: S6W-17334

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16175 by Kevin Stewart on 5 April 2023, how much replacement planting is planned along the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route for trees that have failed to become properly established.