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-01538
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the COVID-19 Test and Protect service since it was established.
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Question reference: S6W-01539
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly maintains a weekly stockpile of at least 740,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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Question reference: S6W-01540
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted each month since December 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-01535
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the £1 million mesh support fund, also broken down by how many have (a) been rejected and (b) yet to be processed.
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Question reference: S6W-02085
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01291 by Maree Todd on 26 July 2021, what date has been decided for the restarting of the over-70's self-referral breast cancer scheme, and, if no decision has been reached, whether it can confirm if the scheme will be expected to restart by the end of 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01533
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 29, (c) 30 to 39, (d) 40 to 49, (e) 50 to 59, (f) 60 to 69, (g) 70 to 79 and (h) 80 and over have been admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in each week since 3 May 2021, also broken down by how many had been given a (i) first and (ii) second vaccine dose prior to their admission.
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Question reference: S6W-01898
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what date errors were first identified in the data in the Scottish Cervical Call Recall System (SCCRS) in relation to (a) incorrect recording of subtotal hysterectomies and (b) wrongful exclusions from the screening programme.
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Question reference: S6W-01899
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether any patient had been identified as being wrongfully excluded from the cervical screening programme due to incorrect recording of subtotal hysterectomies prior to December 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-02142
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) parents of children starting P1 and (b) all parents will be allowed to take their children into school on the first day of the new term.
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Question reference: S6W-01863
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government who is contracted to provide the COVID-19 PCR tests that travellers arriving in Scotland are required to purchase.
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