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-01534
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the conclusion of the Blackfriars Consensus Statement that healthy lifestyle factors are effective in reducing the risk of developing dementia.
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Question reference: S5W-01536
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 August 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a plan for dementia prevention that will build and learn from efforts to prevent cancer, heart disease and stroke.
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Question reference: S5W-01304
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been treated for the effects of exposure to organophosphates in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-01301
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many children have had baby teeth removed due to tooth decay in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-01302
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been to see a paediatrician in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-01316
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff have been suspended on pay in each year since 1999 in each NHS board and at what cost.
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Question reference: S5W-01303
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many GPs have undertaken social prescribing in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-01313
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update the professions listed as registered medical practitioners for the purposes of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
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Question reference: S5W-01306
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many compensation payments for clinical neglect have been made in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-01157
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been fitted with hearing aids by each NHS board in each year since 1999.