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: S4W-00676
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many 999 calls have been diverted away from the ambulance crew nearest to the incident in the last year.
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Question reference: S4W-00022
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will instruct the developers of the Beauly to Denny power line to underground it in the Stirling area.
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Question reference: S4W-00443
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 14 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the comments of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy reported by the BBC on 30 May 2011 in relation to a further review of research on transcatheter aortic valve implantation, who will be involved in the review and what the (a) scope and (b) timescale will be.
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Question reference: S4W-00416
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue guidance to ensure that evidence of clinical benefit or suitability is sufficient for patients with rare diseases to receive treatment through the exceptional funding process.
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Question reference: S4W-00396
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients have received healthcare services through private arrangements under the guidance laid out in document CMO(2009)3 in each of the last three years, also broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-00397
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS patients have received services through private healthcare arrangements in order to receive medicines that were not available through the NHS in each of the last three years, also broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S4W-00233
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken into the economic impact of RAF Lossiemouth on the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S4W-00232
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what studies it has undertaken into the economic impact of RAF Leuchars on the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S4W-00266
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set out its strategy to improve Roman history tourism in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-00414
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 9 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what account the Scottish Medicines Consortium takes of the budgetary impact of the uptake of ultra-orphan medicines when assessing their cost effectiveness.