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: S6T-00500
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent National Records of Scotland report, Healthy Life Expectancy in Scotland, showing that healthy life expectancy has decreased in each of the last four years for females, and in each of the last three years for males.
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Question reference: S6O-00715
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider a complete ban on fox hunting.
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Question reference: S6O-00590
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards require pregnant medical staff to work in settings where there are patients with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-04858
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a stand-alone and cross-cutting strategy for unpaid carers that will incorporate COVID-19 recovery and social care winter planning.
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Question reference: S6W-04857
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a stand-alone strategy for carers, and, if so, when the strategy will be published.
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Question reference: S6O-00537
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many tenants in the West of Scotland have used the Tenant Grant Fund and Tenant Hardship Loan Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-00491
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the Omicron variant on the implementation of its COVID-19 recovery strategy.
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Question reference: S6F-00531
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 December 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the report, Towards a Scotland that cares: a new National Outcome on Care for the National Performance Framework, by the University of the West of Scotland, which is supported by Oxfam Scotland, Carers Scotland, Scottish Care, the Scottish Women’s Budget Group and One Parent Families Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00475
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an Equality Impact Assessment following reports that it plans to cease funding for the Schools Programme as part of the Scottish Attainment Challenge.
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Question reference: S6W-03230
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many times an ambulance has been dispatched single-crewed in each year since 2019, broken down by (a) Scottish Ambulance Service division and (b) NHS board area.
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