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-28986
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings, discussions or correspondence there have been between the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, (b) Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing and (c) Minister for Mental Health and the Care Inspectorate in 2020, and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-29276
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response it to reports that integrated joint boards face emergency budget pressures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29339
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the possibility of introducing a four-day working week for NHS staff.
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Question reference: S5W-29278
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 8 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial impact on integration joint boards of the COVID-19 outbreak, and whether it has any plans to review their funding.
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Question reference: S5W-29280
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died while subject to detention under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 during March and April (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-29282
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives it is putting in place to maintain high stands of pulmonary rehabilitation if it pulls out of the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP).
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Question reference: S5W-29283
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm if it is pulling out of the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) and for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-27799
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent BMA Scotland survey of 800 doctors, which reported that 71% of respondents said that they had gone to work when they felt too ill to do so.
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Question reference: S5W-29337
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its understanding is of the post-viral impacts of COVID-19 on physical and mental health.
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Question reference: S5W-28975
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the (i) NHS and (ii) social care workforce belong to BAME groups.
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