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-03607
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many existing hospital beds will be released as a result of improvements that are planned to reduce delayed discharge.
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Question reference: S6W-03305
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) the Deputy First Minister and (b) any of its (i) special advisers and (ii) civil servants have breached any codes of conduct by failing to provide to the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints information that has since made it into the public domain.
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Question reference: S6W-03489
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 20 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) shortest, (b) median and (c) longest waiting time has been for a toxicology report to be completed in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-03488
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 20 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of toxicology reports that remain outstanding because of the reported backlog.
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Question reference: S6W-03490
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 20 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce toxicology waiting times, and by what date it expects this reduction will begin to take place.
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Question reference: S6W-02536
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many ambulances have been single-crewed in each year since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-02539
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with the commitment in its 2016-17 Programme for Government to "train 1,000 new paramedics over the next five years", and by what date this will be achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-02309
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates have missed an early diagnosis of melanoma due to disruption to health services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-03308
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has undertaken to measure the potential impact of COP26 on NHS capacity.
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Question reference: S6W-03483
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it is reportedly recognising COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the USA but not those administered in Canada.
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