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-18704
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it met its target of 27,500 additional inpatient and day case activity in 2022-23, as outlined in its NHS Recovery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-18705
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it met its target of 58,000 additional outpatient activity in 2022-23, as outlined in its NHS Recovery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-18706
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it met its target of 78,000 additional diagnostic procedures in 2022-23, as outlined in its NHS Recovery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-18714
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional advanced nurse practitioners, which were announced in April 2018, have been trained to date.
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Question reference: S6W-18384
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have been employed in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6O-02357
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the reportedly rising number of people of working age who are economically inactive are inactive as a result of NHS waiting lists or long COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-17852
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to improve occupational therapy staffing levels in the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-17850
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to the occupational therapy workforce, in light of a proposed registration fee increase of 20%.
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Question reference: S6W-18262
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the updated estimated cost is for works on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful long-term solution.
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Question reference: S6W-18265
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the updated estimated cost is for works on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful medium-term solution.