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: S5W-26224
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-25781 by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019, whether it considers the recommendations made by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce to have replaced those made in the audit of rejected referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).
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Question reference: S5W-26371
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a practitioner health programme, similar to that in England.
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Question reference: S5F-03729
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-26178
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when further information will be made available about the community wellbeing services that were announced in its Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-26013
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 12 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how the additional £1 million allocated to supporting children experiencing food insecurity during school holidays will be spent.
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Question reference: S5W-26012
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Healthy Body Image for Children and Young People Advisory Group will publish an interim report on its findings.
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Question reference: S5W-26006
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish a report on progress of the implementation of A Healthier Future - Scotland's Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-26009
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has consulted on a pre-conception action plan, as outlined in A Healthier Future - Scotland's Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-26007
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to build on current infant feeding services with the aim of reducing the drop-off in breastfeeding rates at six to eight weeks by 10% by 2025, as expressed in A Healthier Future - Scotland's Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-26010
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to upskill frontline staff to support parents and carers when making decisions about their child’s diet and nutrition, as outlined in A Healthier Future - Scotland's Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.