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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 14 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-22130

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether the report from NHS National Services Scotland on the options appraisal process on mother and baby unit provision in Scotland is still anticipated to be delivered in October 2023, and when the findings will be made publicly available.

Question reference: S6W-22131

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on establishing a Mental Health and Capacity Reform Programme.

Question reference: S6W-22134

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many drones have been detected at HMP & YPI Grampian in each of the last three years, and what measures the Scottish Prison Service is taking to prevent drones from being used to smuggle drugs and weapons onto the prison estate.

Question reference: S6W-22133

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many recorded incidents of prisoners at HMP & YOI Grampian taking synthetic drugs and new psychoactive substances, including the reported "street" benzodiazepines, there have been in each of the last three years.

Question reference: S6W-22198

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that dementia is the leading cause of death among women in Scotland, what work the Women's Health Champion is doing to address the (a) cause, (b) diagnosis and (c) treatment of the illness in women, and whether further iterations of the Women's Health Plan will include dementia going forward.

Question reference: S6W-22235

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 13 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with NHS boards to support remote and rural populations who have to travel long distances to receive vaccinations, as part of the winter vaccination programme.

Question reference: S6W-22199

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a reported increase in retail crime, what support it is providing to the retail sector as it deals with this, and whether any data will be made available on convictions under the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021.

Question reference: S6W-22132

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is undertaking to develop a single shared electronic patient health and social care record.

Question reference: S6W-21458

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the national survey programme of the NHS estate to identify the use of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in NHS buildings, including the number of buildings at risk and their location.

Question reference: S6W-21432

  • Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Prison Service is responding to reported concerns from independent prison monitors that an estate-wide issue regarding the capacity of GEOAmey to transport prisoners, including those at HMP and YOI Grampian, has meant that prisoners have been unable to attend hospital appointments on multiple occasions.