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-08404
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many training places it will provide for (a) psychiatrists and (b) mental health nurses in the next five years, and how this compares with the number in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08476
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the meeting with COSLA, which is referenced in the answer to the question S6W-07924 by Humza Yousaf on 27 April 2022, took place.
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Question reference: S6W-07941
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some people in a high-risk category, who are eligible for anti-viral medication to treat COVID-19, have been asked to travel from Helensburgh to Oban, following a positive test, in order to receive this medication.
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Question reference: S6W-07934
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to tackle any gaps in data in order to better inform NHS workforce planning.
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Question reference: S6W-07918
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many nurses in Scotland retired in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 to date, and, of these, how many had pre-retirement interviews.
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Question reference: S6W-07931
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to increase investment in registered nurses in community, social and primary care settings.
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Question reference: S6W-08112
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) all psychiatrists have been and (b) other health professional are being trained to diagnose autistic spectrum disorders.
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Question reference: S6W-08053
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will conduct an under 16 cancer patient survey.
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Question reference: S6W-08409
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many publicly managed properties there are available for NHS clinical staff to use as homes; how much revenue is generated from these, and what the value is of the property portfolio, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-08396
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many volunteer first responders have been called out in the last year to support the Scottish Ambulance Service.