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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 15 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-28678

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the current pay bands are for special advisers.

Question reference: S6W-28679

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many special advisers received severance packages in each of the last five years, and what the total value was of any such payments.

Question reference: S6W-28702

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what workforce planning assumptions were provided to universities for (a) paediatric and (b) neonatal nurse places in each year from 2021 to 2024.

Question reference: S6W-28719

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the variation in access to living kidney donation across adult kidney centres, and what steps it is taking to make kidney donation easier.

Question reference: S6W-28722

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Kidney Care UK publication, Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, what steps it is taking to ensure that all chronic kidney disease patients are pre-emptively put on a transplant waiting list in all NHS boards, prior to going on dialysis.

Question reference: S6W-28721

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to reduce waiting lists for a kidney transplant.

Question reference: S6W-28723

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the Kidney Care UK publication, Transplant care in the UK: a patient perspective, what steps have been taken to ensure that all chronic kidney disease patients who have received a transplant have access to physiotherapy services.

Question reference: S6W-28735

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when monitoring of outflows will be undertaken by Scottish Water, including in the Dumbarton constituency.

Question reference: S6W-28705

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that a full recruitment process for recently graduated nurses has been undertaken in some NHS boards, despite no roles being available.

Question reference: S6W-28720

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of (a) the number of people currently waiting for a kidney transplant in Scotland and (b) any impact of long waits on patient outcomes.