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-11402
- 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 assessment it has made of the adequacy of NHS midwifery staffing in remote and rural areas.
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Question reference: S6W-11401
- 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 proportion of student midwives who began training did not go on to graduate in each of the last five years for which complete figures are available.
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Question reference: S6W-11205
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase the budget of the Long COVID Support Fund to reflect (a) inflation and (b) any growth in the number of people affected by Long COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-11206
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last provided funding for a face, arm, speech, time (FAST) campaign to raise awareness of stroke symptoms.
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Question reference: S6W-11203
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make funding available for a face, arm, speech, time (FAST) campaign to raise awareness of stroke symptoms in 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-11207
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme will include a recommendation on bringing back the face, arm, speech, time (FAST) campaign to raise awareness of stroke symptoms.
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Question reference: S6W-11204
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £3 million earmarked for Long COVID care in the Programme for Government 2022-23 is the same £3 million announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care on 19 May 2022 during the Long COVID debate.
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Question reference: S6W-11253
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason multiple appointments for the same time are reportedly being allocated to residents in the Helensburgh area for their COVID-19 booster vaccine.
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Question reference: S6W-11254
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there are reportedly insufficient vaccinators to cover the number of people invited for vaccination appointments, in light of reports of this happening in Alexandria on 23 and 24 September 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11252
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to work with (a) NHS boards and (b) health and social care partnerships to improve vaccination appointment processes.