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-08397
- 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 available to support the Scottish Ambulance Service in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08392
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on the campaign to raise awareness of deep vein thrombosis in 2011, and what this was spent on.
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Question reference: S6W-08411
- 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 whether NHS Ayrshire and Arran has undertaken a financial analysis of the cost of renovating former clinical staff quarters onsite compared with purchasing new properties.
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Question reference: S6W-08403
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on arranging a meeting with Hourglass to discuss funding for its elder abuse helpline, in light of the commitment by the First Minister on 24 March 2022 to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-08410
- 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 whether NHS Ayrshire and Arran is seeking properties for the purpose of housing doctors.
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Question reference: S6F-01125
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022
To ask the First Minister what her response is to recent reports estimating that around 10,000 people with advanced dementia are paying over £50 million a year to cover their residential social care costs.
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Question reference: S6W-07916
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards pay district nurses at band 6.
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Question reference: S6W-08405
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it is providing for mental health services to help people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
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Question reference: S6W-08179
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many postgraduate medical students it anticipates will be admitted to Scottish universities in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025, broken down by medical school, and, of these, how many it anticipates will be Scottish-domiciled residents.
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Question reference: S6W-08181
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the drop-out rate will be for nursing undergraduates in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025.