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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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Question reference: S6W-22733

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 November 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the number of records relating to the former Cabinet Secretary for (a) Health and Social Care’s and (b) Health and Sport's COVID-19 pandemic response that have been recorded and retained as part of its Records Management Plan and mobile messaging policy, broken down by the medium through which any recorded messages were communicated.

Question reference: S6O-02599

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish winter updates to its NHS Recovery Plan and winter resilience overview.

Question reference: S6W-20584

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support any CodeClan students who are losing the opportunities to learn new skills due to the company's liquidation.

Question reference: S6W-20585

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it will do to progress information and communications technology (ICT) and digital technologies training, in light of the liquidation of CodeClan.

Question reference: S6W-20583

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to help grow Scotland’s economy through the tech sector and to bridge the technical skills gap, for what reason it reportedly did not provide support to CodeClan.

Codeclan was a private sector enterprise and its financial stability was the sole responsibility of its management and board of directors.

The Scottish Government and Scottish Enterprise worked intensively with CodeClan to explore every possible option to secure a sustainable future, including commissioning the support of private sector consultants.

Ministers are legally bound by subsidy control rules which set clear thresholds on the level of public funding that can be injected into private businesses. In this case the sum required to place the business on a stable footing significantly exceeded these thresholds, with no guarantee of future viability.

Question reference: S6W-20302

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 28 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances there have been of ScotRail trains returning late from their scheduled maintenance examinations, broken down by month since 1 April 2022.

Question reference: S6W-20190

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, as outlined in its suicide prevention action plan for 2023 to 2024, how it plans to use the work ongoing in West Highlands and Skye to build greater understanding of what encourages particular groups to seek help.

Question reference: S6W-20185

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, as outlined in its suicide prevention action plan for 2023 to 2024, how it plans to focus on improving safety at key locations of concern for suicide.

Question reference: S6W-20186

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, as outlined in its suicide prevention action plan for 2023 to 2024, how it plans to build on the Time Space Compassion approach.

Question reference: S6W-20184

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, as outlined in its suicide prevention action plan for 2023 to 2024, how it plans to activate the whole of government and society policy package, so that a wide range of government policies and their delivery on the ground are working to prevent suicide.