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: S5W-26008
- 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 will provide an update on the publication of an Out of Home strategy to support healthier food choices, as set out in A Healthier Future - Scotland's Diet & Healthy Weight Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S5W-25782
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by (a) job title and (b) NHS board of the 80 new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) staff employed through the £4 million given to the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force.
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Question reference: S5W-26011
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £750 million invested in the Attainment Scotland Fund has been spent on programmes that include education on healthy eating and lifestyle.
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Question reference: S5W-25781
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the 29 recommendations in the audit of rejected referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), which was published in June 2018.
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Question reference: S5O-03712
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many carbon credits will be generated for Shell as part of its partnership with Forestry and Land Scotland.
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Question reference: S5F-03655
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2019
Question to be taken in the Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-25778
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the remaining £1 million of funding that was allocated to the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Task Force.
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Question reference: S5W-25780
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether social prescriptions for physical activity should be available to anyone who could improve their health through exercise, at no cost to the person.
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Question reference: S5W-25779
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 18 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to undertake a new audit of the provision of exercise referral schemes, in light of the last such audit being published by NHS Health Scotland and the University of Stirling in 2009.
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Question reference: S5W-25538
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the level of public support given to the care needs of people with Alzheimer’s.