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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 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-13855

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to provide clearer pathways for people transitioning out of military service into employment in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-13447

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what work has been undertaken to develop an effective workforce planning system for the health and social care sector that enables the prediction of future capacity and capability requirements, along with the identification of any gaps and pressure points.

Question reference: S6W-13486

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the aim set out in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care in Scotland, whether it has increased paramedic training numbers by 32%, bringing the total student numbers for 2022-23 to 941.

Question reference: S6W-13465

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has created a learning source for “Preparation for Work in Health and Social Care” to help immediate winter pressures, as set out in its Health and Social Care: national workforce strategy.

Question reference: S6W-13442

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has analysed the detail in its health and social care three-year workforce plans, and, if this is the case, whether this analysis will inform its workforce policy development.

Question reference: S6W-13444

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of the commitment made in the Health and social care: integrated workforce plan to "design and oversee work to obtain a national picture of workforce planning capacity, methodology and capability in Local Authorities/ Health and Social Care Partnerships for planning social care services".

Question reference: S6W-13470

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the number of undergraduate medical school places.

Question reference: S6W-13499

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many additional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff it has recruited in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S6W-13460

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established the Centre for Workforce Supply within NHS Education for Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-13443

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published its indicative projections for health and social care workforce growth, and, if so, how this was incorporated into the health and social care (a) three-year workforce plans and (b) medium-term financial framework.