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
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Question reference: S6W-13426
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in the (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire, (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire and (h) South Lanarkshire Council area are eligible to receive a free bicycle, and, of those, how many (i) have received and (ii) are yet to receive a free bicycle.
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Question reference: S6W-13481
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to develop a social work advanced practice career pathway.
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Question reference: S6W-13489
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed a pilot Graduate Apprenticeship scheme to improve career pathways for social care staff into social work.
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Question reference: S6W-13488
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has developed, in partnership with stakeholders, a mandatory supported year for newly qualified social workers, in order to provide an effective transition from professional qualification to employment.
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Question reference: S6W-13705
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) promote and (b) support the implementation of the Health and Social Care Standards 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-13794
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13291 by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023, whether it will provide a breakdown of how many trees it has planted in each year since 2007 in the (a) East Lothian and (b) Midlothian local authority areas.
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Question reference: S6W-13430
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can offer to local authorities whose roads and other infrastructure are being affected by historical mine workings.
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Question reference: S6W-13608
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to develop new models of treatment for patients in relation to sexual health and blood borne viruses.
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Question reference: S6W-13619
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it established a short-life working group to develop "Once for Scotland" recommendations on hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment for people who inject drugs, and, if it did, what the outcomes from that group were.
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Question reference: S6W-13638
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it has done to support access to services for women for those who are required to travel long distances to attend appointments or who may have difficulty travelling to appointments.