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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-19983

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Ayrshire and Arran, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19987

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Tayside, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19985

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the revised number of patients is that will be treated in the National Treatment Centre Ayrshire and Arran, and how this compares to the targets set out in its NHS Recovery Plan.

Question reference: S6W-20004

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original timetable was for the (a) completion and (b) opening of the planned new Edinburgh Eye Pavilion, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19999

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Grampian, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19976

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original timetable was for the (a) completion and (b) opening of the planned National Treatment Centre Forth Valley, and what the revised timetable is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19975

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the original cost was for the planned National Treatment Centre Forth Valley, and what the revised cost is as of 30 June 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19660

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 800 additional nurses, midwives and allied health professionals recruited from overseas, as announced on 8 June 2023, have started their posts, as of 1 July 2023.

Question reference: S6W-19519

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 July 2023

To ask Scottish Government how many inpatient SARS-CoV-2 samples, across all NHS boards, underwent whole-genome sequencing as part of any research trials.    

Question reference: S6W-19520

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 July 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to SARS-CoV-2 swabs that underwent whole-genome sequencing (WGS), how many were identified as having as their likely source of transmission (a) healthcare associated and (b) community-acquired infection, broken down by (i) NHS board and (ii) each month in which the WGS took place, since March 2020.