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-23710
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting podiatry as a career path for (a) school leavers and (b) college and university graduates.
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Question reference: S6W-23776
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how successful the Prince’s Trust and NHS Scotland Partnership has been in achieving the commitment to recruit 267 young people in 2023-24 through the Get Into and Get Started programmes within the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-23775
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 98 young people supported through the Prince’s Trust and NHS Scotland Partnership's Get Into and Get Started programmes (a) gained employment within the NHS and (b) retained employment within the NHS beyond three months.
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Question reference: S6W-23778
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in relation to the statement that, "In the coming months, we will be working with partners across the health and social care system, Local Government and wider stakeholders, to set out our shared long term planning for population health and integrated health and social care services development", as set out in its publication, NHS Recovery Plan 2021-26: Annual Progress Update 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23712
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding digital development within the police force, particularly in relation to support for and access to up-to-date technology for local policing teams.
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Question reference: S6W-23696
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Scottish universities about developing apprenticeship models for Allied Health Professions (AHP) training.
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Question reference: S6W-23697
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on apprenticeships within the public sector, and what assessment it has made of the availability of these across different sectors, departments and professions.
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Question reference: S6O-02956
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether its proposed budget spend increase of £0.1 million for alcohol and drugs policy, which is reportedly a real-terms reduction, is sufficient to address the challenges faced in this area.
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Question reference: S6W-23650
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its commitment to piloting universal free breakfast provision for primary and special school pupils did not appear in its Programme for Government 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-23649
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any progress in mapping current breakfast provision within primary and special schools across Scotland, and, if so, whether it will commit to publishing any such data early in 2024.
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