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: S6W-02950
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each local authority area have applied for self-directed support each year, also broken down by how many applications were rejected.
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Question reference: S6W-02602
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many social workers have been employed by each local authority in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02941
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many community centres there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02958
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid out in legal fees by each local authority in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02959
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid out in compensation by each local authority in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02933
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been paid by each local authority to arms-length external organisations in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-02870
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether chronic pain patient representatives and other stakeholders will be given advance sight of papers relating to the content of a proposed draft Framework for Chronic Pain Service Delivery.
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Question reference: S6W-02871
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what training has been provided to staff in its Clinical Priorities Unit in relation to engaging with people on issues such as disabilities, equality measures, fairness and human rights, including with people with long-term conditions, and when any such training was provided.
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Question reference: S6W-02259
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding policies that are in place to ensure single-sex ward provision in hospitals.
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Question reference: S6W-02592
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on links between long COVID and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and what research it is undertaking or planning to undertake into any such links.
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