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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 29 January 2025
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Question reference: S2W-06834

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has taken, and will put in place, to promote the National Care Standards.

Question reference: S2W-06835

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of public awareness of the National Care Standards.

Question reference: S2W-06908

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost of installing sprinklers in care homes will be reflected in future care home charges or whether it will provide any financial assistance to care homes for their installation.

Question reference: S2W-06836

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent on publicising the National Care Standards in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) 2003-04 to date.

Question reference: S2W-06315

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to Health Technology Assessment Advice 5, what steps will be taken to follow up the recommendation to establish a national working group to determine the specification for ultrasound equipment, to ensure fitness for the requirements of both first and second trimester scanning and to address the issues of safety, quality assurance, repair and maintenance of ultrasound equipment.

Question reference: S2W-06844

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Scottish Drugs Forum's response to the Executive's review of drug treatment and rehabilitation services, what steps will be taken to implement the recommendations that (a) each NHS board should have a blood-borne virus strategy in place that includes a specific focus on hepatitis C treatment issues for problem drug users and (b) a hepatitis B immunisation programme for injecting users should be instigated.

Question reference: S2W-06841

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Scottish Drugs Forum's response to the Executive's review of drug treatment and rehabilitation services, what steps will be taken to implement the recommendations that (a) there is a need to develop standard monitoring and evaluation arrangements for agencies across all the contracted areas of work to reduce agency bureaucracy and the multiple reporting mechanisms that currently exist, (b) funding for drugs services should be in-built into government budgets over the long term and (c) agencies should be given rolling contracts of a minimum of three years duration to end current practice of year-to-year contracts and funding.

Question reference: S2W-06843

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Scottish Drugs Forum's response to the Executive's review of drug treatment and rehabilitation services, what steps will be taken to implement the recommendations that (a) family support posts should be created within specialist drug agencies and (b) research to consider how best to respond and support children of problem drug users living with grandparents should be commissioned.

Question reference: S2W-06842

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the Scottish Drugs Forum's response to the Executive's review of drug treatment and rehabilitation services, what action will be taken to implement the recommendation that specific funding should be made available for outreach programmes in order to improve early intervention and accessibility to mainstream provision.

Question reference: S2W-06893

  • Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 22 March 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive what the average waiting time has been for a patient to be referred for rheumatologist specialist opinion and treatment in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board area.