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-09363
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the recommendations of the Ventilation Short-Life Working Group (a) were submitted to the Scottish Government and (b) will be published, and what the reasons are for any delay.
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Question reference: S6W-09366
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many strategies (a) it and (b) local authorities have produced in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-09063
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding in total was allocated to it in Barnett consequentials between March 2020 and June 2022 for COVID-19-related spending, and how much of this funding it has allocated, or plans to allocate, to the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-08925
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have died while on an NHS Scotland waiting list in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-08926
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for a (a) hip and (b) knee replacement in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-08915
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 17 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much debt to public bodies in Scotland there has been in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-08916
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to bring forward a Public Debt Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-08924
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been diagnosed with an eating disorder in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-08922
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many investigations into government leaks to the media it has undertaken in each year since 1999, and how many people responsible for any such leaks have been identified.
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Question reference: S6W-08772
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Ukrainian refugees have been resettled to date specifically through its Super Sponsor scheme.
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