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: S6W-23688
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22410 by Jenni Minto on 7 November 2023, within what timescale it will publish the outcome of the work that it is undertaking with NHS boards on national consistency regarding reimbursement policies for electricity costs relating to home dialysis.
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Question reference: S6W-23619
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle economic crime committed against vulnerable older people.
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Question reference: S6W-23486
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on who the members are that have been appointed to the Pain Management Task Force and each of its sub-committees, in order to provide transparency for the approximately 800,000 people in Scotland experiencing chronic pain regarding any recommendations made on future chronic pain services.
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Question reference: S6W-23484
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 18 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the future of the Scottish National Pain Management Programme, which opened in 2015, is secure at its present site at the Gartnavel Hospital campus in Glasgow, and whether it will clarify the meaning of a "broader range of settings" for the specialist service, in light of action 9 of its Framework for pain management service delivery - implementation plan update.
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Question reference: S6W-23620
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 15 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on (a) how well the Ask for ANI scheme has been implemented by pharmacies and (b) the reasons for any differences in its availability across Scotland, in light of reports that it is still mainly available in the more populated Central Belt but is often unavailable in more rural areas such as the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S6W-23409
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its recently announced proposals for a Heat in Buildings Bill, how many (a) rental properties and (b) privately-owned homes it estimates would have to be retrofitted by 2033 to comply with its proposed measures.
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Question reference: S6W-23375
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to prevent the practice of "multiple contract working" among the civil service workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-23485
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients who experience chronic pain will be invited to participate actively at meetings with officials regarding (a) the National Services Division and (b) the future of Scotland’s only residential service for chronic pain, the Scottish National Pain Management Programme, to which patients can be sent from all over Scotland without extra costs to NHS boards.
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Question reference: S6W-23618
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to work with (a) Police Scotland and (b) safeguarding stakeholders to improve data collection regarding abuse and neglect of older people, and for what reason such data is reportedly unavailable in Scotland but available in other parts of the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-23374
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on whether civil servants in Scotland at (a) local authority and (b) Scottish Government level are or will be included in the National Fraud Initiative's reported investigation into the practice of "multiple contract working".
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