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-08250
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to tackle health inequalities by adjusting the Scottish allocation formula.
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Question reference: S5W-08248
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, whether it will provide details about the (a) “other interventions” and (b) “ways of supporting general practice in areas of high deprivation”, and whether these will be funded on a national basis or by the NHS boards and integration joint boards.
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Question reference: S5W-08263
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, how the review that it has commissioned to review general practice funding, pay and expenses will be informed by the review of the Scottish allocation formula.
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Question reference: S5W-08252
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the review of general practice funding, pay and expenses is taking account of unmet need and high levels of multimorbidity in areas of high deprivation.
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Question reference: S5W-08247
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, who it commissioned to review general practice funding, pay and expenses; what the remit of the review is; how much it will cost, and when its findings will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-08254
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the role of GPs as expert medical generalists, as referred to in its joint memorandum with the BMA General Practitioner Committee, will address health inequalities and unmet need in areas of high deprivation.
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Question reference: S5W-08391
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 31 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report on its review of legislation governing small landholdings under Section 124 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, and whether it will provide details of the consultation it carried out.
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Question reference: S5O-00785
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to deliver a full adult immunology service for people in the NHS Lothian area.
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Question reference: S5W-07109
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the support offered by the devolved employability programmes will take account of its (a) child poverty (i) strategy and (ii) targets and (b) gendered patterns of skills acquisition and employment.
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Question reference: S5W-07108
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that the devolved employability programmes do not create disadvantage by placing participants into low-waged or insecure employment.