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
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Question reference: S5W-23630
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it requested consideration of a compensating transfer for the spillover effect arising from the increase in the personal tax allowance, as stated in the Medium Term Financial Strategy published on 30 May 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-23631
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 18 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the necessary compensating transfer for the spillover effect arising from the increase in the personal tax allowance, as stated in the Medium Term Financial Strategy published on 30 May 2019, and how this compares with the estimate used in the answer to question S5W-00400 by Derek Mackay on 15 June 2016.
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Question reference: S5F-03443
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-23621
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provided to each education institution in each of the last three years for (a) medical student and (b) nurses’ training places, and how much it plans to provide in each of the next three years.
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Question reference: S5O-03402
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther.
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Question reference: S5W-23526
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 12 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20424 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 18 December 2018, which NHS boards have a backlog for breast screening (a) examinations and (b) results, broken down by length of backlog, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the reasons given by each centre for the delays in breast screening results.
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Question reference: S5W-23528
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of 49% of people reportedly having poor mental health while dealing with cancer, how it plans to reduce this number.
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Question reference: S5W-23529
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) longest and (b) average waiting time has been in each year since 2010 for a breast screening appointment, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-23527
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20424 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 18 December 2018, what action is being taken to reduce the backlog, and by what date it expects it to be dealt with.
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Question reference: S5F-03388
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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