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-18082
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a progress update on the implementation of placental growth factor (PlGF) based tests for pre-eclampsia across the NHS in the next Women's Health Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-18081
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what follow-up engagement it has had with NHS Scotland and the Scottish Perinatal Network to ensure the implementation of placental growth factor (PlGF) based tests, further to its initial letter to NHS boards on 23 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-18006
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Target Ovarian Cancer's recent report, Pathfinder Scotland: Faster, further, and fairer, what steps it is taking to address the reported variation in (a) survival and (b) access to surgery.
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Question reference: S6W-18027
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce legislation to adopt Hugo’s Law to require drivers to stop and report an incident to the police, and seek help from a vet, if they hit a cat with their vehicle, similar to the requirements for incidents involving dogs, horses, sheep, pigs, cows and goats.
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Question reference: S6W-18025
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent reviews it has undertaken of data sharing across public services.
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Question reference: S6W-18014
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have written off school meal debt in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-18020
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been reimbursed by NHS Scotland for private surgery in other parts of UK in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-17927
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mark Coeliac Awareness Week, which runs from 15 to 21 May 2023, and what strategies it has in place to raise awareness of the condition.
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Question reference: S6W-18024
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many quasi-governmental agencies, also known as quangos, it has funded in each year since 1999, and how much it spent on each.
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Question reference: S6W-18019
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have been referred by NHS Scotland for private surgery in other parts of UK in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
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