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.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to redirect resources from the Scottish Futures Trust to any national infrastructure company.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to mandate any national infrastructure company with providing unbiased advice on investing in repairing and repurposing older buildings as part of Scotland's commitment to net zero.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the stakeholders that have been consulted in relation to any creation of a new national infrastructure company.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Primary Care Out of Hours Workforce Survey 2022, published by Public Health Scotland on 14 February 2023, which found that most NHS boards have reported decreases in the number of GPs working in out-of-hours services since 2019.
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde following the publication of the Primary Care Out of Hours Workforce Survey 2022 by Public Health Scotland on 14 February 2023, which found that the NHS board has reported a 27% decrease in the number of GPs working in out-of-hours services since 2019.
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with NHS Ayrshire and Arran following the Primary Care Out of Hours Workforce Survey 2022, published by Public Health Scotland on 14 February 2023, which found that the NHS board has reported a 6% decrease in the number of GPs working in out-of-hours services since 2019.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve awareness of the Scottish Welfare Fund’s Crisis Grants and Community Care Grants among pensioner households.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to reform the compulsory purchase order process to make it easier to convert empty buildings into council housing.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review whether the Scottish Futures Trust is ideally placed and qualified to manage the Learning Estate Investment Programme.
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent it has evaluated the implementation of the Learning Estate Investment Programme, and what assessment it has made of how elements of the programme could be expanded across other sectors.