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-13496
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done with health and social care partnerships (HSCPs) and providers to assess local social care campaigns, recruitment efforts and employability programmes in order to identify areas where it can provide support and help improve collaboration between HSCPs and providers.
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Question reference: S6W-13472
- 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 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the number funded places for (a) nursing and (b) midwifery.
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Question reference: S6W-13498
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional dedicated staff it has hired to help (a) grow community mental health resilience and (b) direct social prescribing, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-13476
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on its Enhanced Psychological Practice (EPP) programme.
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Question reference: S6W-13291
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many trees it has planted in each year since 2007 in the South Scotland region, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-13289
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died of sudden cardiac death in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-13288
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received heart screening in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-13480
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 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 developed a trauma-informed workforce via the National Trauma Training Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-13290
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle sudden cardiac death amongst young people.
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Question reference: S6W-13082
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any research on the effect of parking charges on the future viability of high streets.
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