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-09154
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the (a) transfer of UK Government staff to the social security agency and (b) Cabinet Office statement of practice is on the agenda for the next meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on Welfare.
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Question reference: S5W-08800
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Lanarkshire expects to pay in staff costs in each of the next four years, and what projections it has made on what the impact on this would be of an (a) increase and (b) decrease in the number of (i) medical staff, (ii) administrative staff, (iii) agency staff and (iv) locums.
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Question reference: S5W-08792
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much in financial resources has been transferred from hospital care to community care since the establishment of Integrated Joint Boards.
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Question reference: S5W-08802
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NHS Lanarkshire (a) planned to achieve £43million of recurring savings in its 2016-17 budget and (b) is forecasting a financial deficit in each year of the next two years.
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Question reference: S5W-08794
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support NHS Lanarkshire in meeting the primary care sector workforce capacity requirements identified by the consultation, Achieving Excellence.
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Question reference: S5W-08798
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to ensure that orthopaedic services at Wishaw General Hospital are provided in a high-quality environment with safe patient care and that the staff are fully trained to provide this.
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Question reference: S5W-08801
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Lanarkshire expects to pay in costs for administrating drugs in each of the next four years, and what projections it has made on what the impact on this would be of an (a) increase and (b) decrease in the (i) cost of drugs and (ii) number of GP prescriptions.
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Question reference: S5W-08796
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the observation by NHS Lanarkshire in its consultation, Achieving Excellence that “onerous and stretched out of hours and on-call rotas for consultants impacting on recruitment and retention was identified as a challenge of the current clinical model which has elective and trauma services provided across three sites”, what action it will take to ensure that (a) it will increase the size of the workforce and (b) the situation does not lead to a removal or reduction of services.
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Question reference: S5W-08799
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it position is on how the proposal by NHS Lanarkshire to establish dedicated resources to encourage staff to work for the board for longer period reflects on the overall NHS workforce planning strategy since 2007.
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Question reference: S5O-00996
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when its officials last met Atos Healthcare.