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-26043
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people have completed suicide in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-25305
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21422 by Jeane Freeman on 4 March 2019, what minimum number of radiologists will be required to meet patient need in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-25931
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 7 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS boards are expected to follow the guidance issued by the Chief Medical Officer in March 2009, Arrangements for NHS patients receiving healthcare services through private healthcare arrangements, and when this guidance was last reviewed or updated.
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Question reference: S5O-03750
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is satisfied with the waiting times for post-mortem reports.
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Question reference: S5W-25739
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many responders in each emergency service are trained on how to administer naloxone.
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Question reference: S5W-25738
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to the national naloxone programme in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S5W-25740
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 6 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many pharmacies (a) stock and (b) have staffed trained on how to administer naloxone.
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Question reference: S5W-25713
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, whether it will provide an update on the progress on each of the (a) 16 local recommendations and (b) eight national considerations in the 2019 report, Responding to Drug Use with Kindness, Compassion and Hope, by the Dundee Drugs Commission.
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Question reference: S5W-25876
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what clinical assessment is required by NHS boards prior to changes in the treatments offered to patients.
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Question reference: S5W-25869
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government which regional NHS boards include acupuncture as a treatment offered by pain management services.