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-05571
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the public inquiry into the handling of COVID-19 in Scotland is adequately resourced.
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Question reference: S6W-05538
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6F-00531 on 2 December 2021, whether it will provide an update on its response to the report, Towards a Scotland that cares – a new National Outcome on Care for the National Performance Framework, and what progress it is making in responding to the report's recommendations.
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Question reference: S6W-05526
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many health and social care staff are currently being tested for COVID-19 each day, and what additional capacity has been secured for PCR testing and analysis.
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Question reference: S6W-05534
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who is responsible for co-ordinating civil contingency and national resilience planning.
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Question reference: S6W-05537
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will include a national outcome on valuing and investing in care in the National Performance Framework.
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Question reference: S6W-05543
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether agency staff employed in health and social care settings will be given the same priority as permanent staff for COVID-19 PCR tests.
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Question reference: S6W-05601
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to test the efficacy of a national lung cancer screening programme.
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Question reference: S6W-05600
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a national lung cancer screening programme.
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Question reference: S6W-05603
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it has learned from the Edinburgh lung cancer screening pilot for patients from disadvantaged communities.
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Question reference: S6W-05602
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the (a) impact on patient survival and (b) health economics of establishing a national lung cancer screening programme.
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