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-19402
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any interim reports from the independent review into audiology, which was announced on 21 January 2022, and what action it has taken on the basis of any such reports.
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Question reference: S6W-19401
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the final report of the independent review into audiology, which was announced on 21 January 2022 and whose terms of reference state that it plans to report over a nine-month period from May 2022 to March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-19382
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling has taken place to understand future oncology workforce needs over the next 10 years, and how many oncologists are estimated to be required.
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Question reference: S6W-19383
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to maintain patient access to oncology services when oncologists move to another area or retire.
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Question reference: S6W-18709
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13473 by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2023, how many funded places for (a) nursing and (b) midwifery will be available in 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-19381
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the oncology workforce in NHS Scotland, how many (a) medical and (b) clinical oncologists are (i) currently employed (A) across NHS Scotland and (B) in each NHS board and (ii) expected to retire in the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-19198
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it has to promote the number of BME staff in the police and fire services, in light or reports that they have the lowest BME employment rate among all of the public sector.
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Question reference: S6W-17431
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Ayrshire and Arran has consulted with the Scottish Health Council on any proposed service changes, and, if so, what changes were proposed, and when.
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Question reference: S6W-17430
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Ayrshire and Arran has consulted with it on any proposed service changes, and, if so, what changes were proposed, and when.
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Question reference: S6W-19199
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent research by the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER), which found that only 2.8% of Scotland’s public sector workforce identify as BME, in light of BME people being over 5% of the working age population.
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