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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 8 July 2025
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Question reference: S5W-27934

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many cleaners have been employed by each NHS board in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-27941

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of necrosis have been treated by each hospital in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-27940

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on referrals to private drug rehab facilities in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-27943

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many inspections of hospital waste storage facilities have been carried out by SEPA since the contract with Healthcare Environmental Services ended.

Question reference: S5W-27944

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many breaches of protocol regarding hospital waste storage facilities have been reported to SEPA since the contract with Healthcare Environmental Services ended.

Question reference: S5W-27667

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital beds have been available in each year since 2007, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-27878

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 19 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comment in the paper, Open Government in Scotland Action Plan 2018-2020, that "our involvement in Open Government [is] one way of achieving transformative change in how we govern. We joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in 2016 because we share the values of openness, transparency and accountability with the 90+ governments and their civil society partners around the world who are members of OGP", for what reason its National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain meets in private without media and public access, and which of its other similar advisory groups, forums, partnerships, boards and task forces follow a similar practice.

Question reference: S5W-27677

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help encourage an increase in the recycling of medical plastic, including anaesthetic plastic, and what support it provides to NHS boards, anaesthetists and other staff to assist with this.

Question reference: S5W-27664

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals have been made under the PACS Tier 2 system, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-27665

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 28 February 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been able to access drugs via the PACS Tier 2 system in each year.