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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 18 March 2025
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Question reference: S6W-20700

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff currently make up the palliative care workforce, and what the figures were in each year since 2018, broken down by the number of (a) generalists and (b) specialists.

Question reference: S6W-20702

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of (i) specialist and (ii) generalist social care workforces to deliver palliative care to rural and remote areas.

Question reference: S6W-20701

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that people in rural and remote communities know what palliative care is and how to access it.

Question reference: S6W-20699

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to address any access challenges in delivering palliative care to rural and remote areas.

Question reference: S6T-01524

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to keep people safe, in light of reported concerns about the spread of new variants of COVID-19.

Question reference: S6W-20619

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional funding to chronic pain services, in light of the reported closure of pain relief clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting increase in waiting times for appointments.

Question reference: S6W-20620

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on the Pain Management Task Force and its subsidiary committees in 2021-22, and what the money was spent on.

Question reference: S6W-20617

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much is budgeted for the work of the Pain Management Task Force in 2023-24, and what the money has been allocated to be spent on.

Question reference: S6O-02500

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to urgently address the reported maintenance backlog in GP practices.  

Question reference: S6W-20852

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 31 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was provided to each of the 31 alcohol and drug partnerships in each financial year from 2019-20 to 2023-24.