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-05525
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many eligible people have not received anti-viral medication because of the time taken for them to (a) receive the result of their COVID-19 PCR test and (b) be contacted by Test and Protect meant that they could not receive the medication within the five-day treatment window.
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Question reference: S6W-05604
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish data on hospitalisations as a result of COVID-19, broken down by cases where individuals were (a) vaccinated and (b) unvaccinated.
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Question reference: S6W-05605
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish data on deaths resulting from COVID-19, broken down by cases where individuals were (a) vaccinated and (b) unvaccinated.
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Question reference: S6W-05521
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the eligibility for anti-viral medication for people with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-05536
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional beds have been provided in the NHS to manage winter pressures, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-05524
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what supplies of anti-viral medication are held by each NHS board, and how many people these supplies can treat.
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Question reference: S6W-05520
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that COVID-19 case numbers are not doubling every two days, what the current modelling of the number of cases of the Omicron variant show about likely patterns of transmission.
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Question reference: S6W-05570
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to appropriately preserve information across government for the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-05550
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current waiting time is for an echocardiogram in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-05725
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish information that outlines the decision-making framework for using emergency COVID-19 powers.
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