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-11475
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many clinical staff, who are employed in each National Treatment Centre, have been transferred from a previous role in the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-11786
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08911 by Michael Matheson on 15 June 2022, what figure was used for (a) revenue, (b) applicable discounts, and (c) the number of household properties in the most recent calculations of the average water charge in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-11628
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) First Minister and (b) Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture last had (i) a meeting and (ii) correspondence with the (A) Edinburgh International Film Festival and (B) Edinburgh Filmhouse, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-11405
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has updated its eHealth strategy 2014-2017, and whether it plans to produce a new strategy in the future.
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Question reference: S6W-11404
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made towards the implementation of the new electronic patient record system, including the timetable for roll-out, and how much funding has been allocated in the current financial year for this.
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Question reference: S6O-01514
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what further financial support it will provide to Argyll and Bute to help tackle depopulation of rural areas and islands.
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Question reference: S6W-11662
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what has been done to progress its fair work plans, including the expansion of Fair Work First criteria to include the Living Wage.
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Question reference: S6W-11399
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the age profile of the NHS midwifery workforce was in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board, in (i) 2016 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S6W-11398
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many midwives there have been in the NHS in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board area, in each year since 2016, broken down by (i) headcount and (ii) full-time equivalent terms.
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Question reference: S6W-11400
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) were accepted onto pre-registration midwifery training courses, (b) started their pre-registration midwifery training, (c) were at any stage in their pre-registration midwifery training, and (d) successfully completed their pre-registration midwifery training, in each academic year since 2016-17.