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
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Question reference: S6W-25321
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much one psychological therapies appointment costs the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-25322
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much one child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) appointment costs the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-25309
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can instruct its enterprise agencies to engage with Gibson's Engineering Ltd, in light of its reported reopening of the St Rollox "Caley" Railway Works in Springburn.
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Question reference: S6W-25410
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting NHS boards to meet the national target of 10% of overall NHS spend being allocated to mental health.
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Question reference: S6W-25448
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the No Time To Wait model, which is being piloted in East Lothian by the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity to tackle the growing mental health needs of children and young people, is one that it would consider for wider roll out.
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Question reference: S6W-25449
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives are being considered for children and young people who are experiencing mental health concerns, but are either waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) or are unable to get onto the CAMHS waiting list, and what funding is available for any such alternatives.
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Question reference: S6W-25447
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity’s child and family mental health resilience and wellbeing pilot, No Time To Wait, in East Lothian.
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Question reference: S6W-25684
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent public sector net debt to GDP ratio is in Scotland, and whether time series data on this measure is available.
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Question reference: S6W-25495
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 1 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of remediation work to address any cladding defects in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-25494
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 1 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when any defects in the cladding of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow were first identified.