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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-26901
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff are currently employed by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, and in what roles.
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Question reference: S6W-26902
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of staff currently employed by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner were previously employed by (a) Police Scotland, (b) any other police service and (c) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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Question reference: S6W-26900
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of staff currently employed by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner were previously serving police officers.
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Question reference: S6W-26392
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 16 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the treatment Olaparib has been prescribed in each NHS board area since it was approved for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-26307
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to any implications of recent flooding events for wild salmon populations.
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Question reference: S6W-26306
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to measures to increase the wild salmon population through stocking initiatives.
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Question reference: S6W-26304
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-26390
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the review of the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer will be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-26391
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether consideration is being given, as part of the review of the Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer, to risk factors such as family history and ethnicity in improving the early detection of prostate cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-26389
- Asked by: John Swinney, MSP for Perthshire North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 2 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the necessary genetic tests are available in all NHS board areas to enable the prescribing of Olaparib to treat prostate cancer.