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-32704
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many places for the (a) MSc advanced musculo-skeletal practitioners in primacy care, (b) four-year BSc in clinical physiology and (c) masters training programme in clinical psychology there have been in in each of the last five years, and what the take-up was.
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Question reference: S5W-32978
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many times new residents have been admitted to care homes from the community without being tested for COVID-19 in advance, and whether this practice is still ongoing.
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Question reference: S5W-32979
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to ensuring that no one with a positive result for COVID-19 is admitted to a care home.
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Question reference: S5W-32544
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether NHS boards have been effective in making period products accessible to (a) patients and (b) staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-32639
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to educate children and young people about benzodiazepines, or so-called "street Valium", in light of reports that a new cohort of teenagers are addicted to them.
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Question reference: S5W-32640
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the funding available to the Drug Deaths Taskforce has been used to reduce the consumption of benzodiazepines, or so-called "street Valium", and what projects have been funded.
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Question reference: S5W-32643
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Public Petition PE1825, which seeks dedicated units within maternity hospitals for women experiencing unexpected pregnancy complications, miscarriage and stillbirth.
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Question reference: S5W-32984
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to review stillbirths and perinatal outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether there was an increase in intrapartum stillbirths during the early months of the pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-32709
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 13 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how COVID-19 restrictions have affected mental health services' waiting times.
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Question reference: S5W-32651
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 12 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Respiratory Care Action Plan will set out how the needs of people with so-called long COVID will be met through appropriate (a) support and rehabilitation, (b) research and (c) training for health professionals.
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