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-17799
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address any regional variation in access to treatment for ovarian cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-17130
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16109 by Jenni Minto on 3 April 2023, what the latest data available is for how many families accessed the Young Patients Family Fund in 2022-23, and, if the full year returns are not yet available, whether it will provide the information that it has so far, regarding any partial returns.
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Question reference: S6W-17124
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been allocated to the Young Patients Family Fund in 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-17125
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to hold a full review of the Young Patients Family Fund, including its (a) use and (b) impact to date, and, if so, when this review will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-17635
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it will uphold the commitments set out in its 2019 publication, A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action, and how these commitments will be implemented without a minister for older people.
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Question reference: S6W-17637
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards the development of a safer ageing strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-17797
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to improve awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-17798
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure that there is support in place for GPs to interpret and act on CA125 blood test and ultrasound results.
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Question reference: S6W-17665
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the support and training provided to GPs to recognise the symptoms of Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and related conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-17505
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time is for mesh surgery organised by the Complex Mesh Surgical Service in Glasgow.
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