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: S5F-04567
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2020
Question to be taken in the Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-04538
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-32269
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many healthcare workers who have carried out testing for COVID-19 have tested positive for the virus.
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Question reference: S5F-04509
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-32278
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many PPE products have been withdrawn from use since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak due to safety issues after they had been used by NHS staff, broken down by the (a) type of product and (b) specific safety issue.
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Question reference: S5W-32275
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the World Health Organization's position on the use of surgical type two face masks when dealing with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-32270
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is issued to NHS boards regarding carrying out risk assessments for staff (a) working in close proximity with and (b) treating people who (i) are suspected as having and (ii) have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-32271
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what PPE is available to staff on mental health wards to protect them from COVID-19, (a) in light of concerns that some patients might not have a full understanding of social distancing and (b) to assist them if they have to carry out restraint procedures, and what risk assessment it has carried out of the effectiveness of this equipment.
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Question reference: S5W-32263
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 30 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what level of protection surgical type two face masks provide nurses and other healthcare workers when treating diagnosed or suspected COVID-19 patients who are actively coughing into the environment.
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Question reference: S5F-04478
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.