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-14056
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-13949 by Shona Robison on 19 January 2018, which local clinicians she listened to in making her decision to close the Children's Ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and which clinicians were consulted prior to a decision being taken.
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Question reference: S5W-13877
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds records regarding how many disabled children and young people there are and, if not, how it will ensure that there is an adequate provision of services.
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Question reference: S5W-13876
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how it is engaging with hard-to-reach parents in consulting on and developing the National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People.
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Question reference: S5W-13878
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People will support parents in (a) accessing services and (b) tackling loneliness and social isolation.
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Question reference: S5W-13875
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the consultation on the National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People will open.
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Question reference: S5W-13883
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how the National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People will support the parents of very young disabled children.
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Question reference: S5W-13874
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government at what stage it is with the development of the National Framework for Families with Disabled Children and Young People, and by what date the framework will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-13873
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what provision it has made in the Draft Budget for any financial redress relating to pre-1964 cases of in-care abuse.
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Question reference: S5F-01952
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 January 2018
To ask the First Minister when the Children's Ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital will close.
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Question reference: S5W-13340
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the cause was of the train fault that resulted in disruption to services at Glasgow Central station on the morning of 11 December 2017, and which unit was affected.
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