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-08180
- 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 undergraduate nursing students it anticipates will be admitted to Scottish universities in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025, and, of these, how many it anticipates will be Scottish funded entrants.
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Question reference: S6W-08183
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide free N95 face masks to severely immunosuppressed people to help to protect them from catching COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-08178
- 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 undergraduate medical students it anticipates will be admitted to Scottish universities in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025, and, of these, how many it anticipates will be designated as Scottish funded entrants.
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Question reference: S6W-08056
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been prosecuted for elder abuse in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08333
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the actions of Well Pharmacy, in light of reports that the company is insisting that staff who test positive for COVID-19 continue to work when they are in patient-facing roles and dealing with clinically vulnerable people.
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Question reference: S6O-01095
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on using Scottish Water's reserves to fund a £100 rebate for customers.
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Question reference: S6W-08100
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to develop an occupational health improvement strategy for the NHS in Scotland similar to that which is reportedly in place in other UK nations.
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Question reference: S6W-08182
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action is being taken to ensure that severely immunosuppressed people are not at risk of contracting COVID-19 following the lifting of restrictions.
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Question reference: S6W-08050
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to cover outpatient as well as inpatient treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-08051
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the Young Patients Family Fund to include support for 18- to 25-year-olds.