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: S4O-00408
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2011
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle dementia in West Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-03186
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is regarding records of (a) burials and (b) monuments and headstones in cemeteries.
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Question reference: S4W-03187
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 October 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to develop a central search facility for burials and cremations with photos of each monument's inscription.
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Question reference: S4W-03071
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 October 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefits to Scotland are of the Olympic Games being held in London in 2012.
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Question reference: S4W-02610
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what mental health services are available to people under 16 with an eating disorder and their families.
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Question reference: S4W-02609
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people under the age of 16 have been treated for (a) anorexia nervosa and (b) bulimia in each of the last eight years, broken down by age.
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Question reference: S4W-02618
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what professional peer support groups are available to parents and siblings of children with an eating disorder in each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board area.
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Question reference: S4W-02615
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board makes available to schools where they suspect that a young person has an eating disorder.
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Question reference: S4W-02617
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards are in place to protect children under the age of 16 with an eating disorder whose family refuses to engage with the medical services.
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Question reference: S4W-02619
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available for siblings of children with eating disorders.
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