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-27560
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards have asbestos management plans, and on what date each plan (a) was last and (b) will be next updated.
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Question reference: S5F-03917
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2020
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to work with football authorities and clubs to reduce problem gambling.
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Question reference: S5W-26962
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 24 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic treatments to include services provided by people who do not have medical training.
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Question reference: S5O-04052
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address stigma and misunderstanding regarding the HPV virus ahead of the change to the test used in the cervical screening programme.
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Question reference: S5W-25932
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been prescribed medical cannabis.
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Question reference: S5T-01931
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that drug-related deaths are continuing to increase.
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Question reference: S5O-03956
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Carer’s Allowance earnings threshold will be in 2020-21, and how many claimants reported earnings in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-26586
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many newly-qualified educational psychologists entered the workforce in 2019, and how many it expects to do so in 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-26614
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the campaign by Money and Mental Health Policy Institute for GP practices to abolish fees for completion of debt and mental health evidence forms and for alternative evidence to be used in debt remedies.
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Question reference: S5W-26545
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 11 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the waiting times for access to mental health services for prisoners have been in each of the last four quarters.
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