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-00935
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the threat from the Zika virus and what information is being provided by the NHS to people visiting affected countries.
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Question reference: S5W-00925
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many paediatricians work in NHS Scotland, broken down by board.
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Question reference: S5W-00926
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many care home places there are, broken down by (a) NHS board area and (b) whether they are in the (i) private or (ii) public sector.
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Question reference: S5W-00930
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-00922
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 18 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been given methadone prescriptions in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-01177
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of suicides in hospitals.
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Question reference: S5W-01174
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that 50 people have died by suicide in hospital in the last four years.
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Question reference: S5W-01009
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allocate its share of the revenue raised from the UK Government’s proposed soft drinks industry levy to initiatives dedicated to tackling childhood obesity and, if so, how it will do so.
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Question reference: S5W-00928
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to help fund and promote pet therapy in the NHS.
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Question reference: S5W-00933
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 July 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding to that set out in its 2014 Budget it projects that the NHS will receive in each year of the current parliamentary session.