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: S6W-17583
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much money from its Budget has been spent on primary care in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-17149
- 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 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its assessment of current supplies of hormone replacement therapy medication.
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Question reference: S6W-17114
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of its employees have been offered mental health first aid training in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-17119
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many places have been available on the National Clinical Skills for Pharmacists Programme in each year since it was established.
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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.
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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.
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Question reference: S6W-17121
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the median gender pay gap was for its employees in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-17111
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to implement Anne's Law as soon as possible, in light of the delay to the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-17115
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full breakdown of the implementation of Medication Assistant Treatment (MAT) standards since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-17148
- 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 what action it is taking with suppliers to address the reported shortage of radionuclide that is causing delays to scans for prostate patients in NHS boards, including NHS Tayside.