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-19807
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 29 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the support with (a) pregnancy and maternity and (b) childcare for women researching for PhDs.
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Question reference: S5W-19856
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 29 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its spokesperson’s comment in the Scottish Daily Mail on 10 November 2018, whether it will confirm that it does not support the decriminalisation of abortion and, if so, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-19805
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many women (a) applied for and (b) received funding through grant schemes of the Chief Scientist Office in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-20187
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the £17 million additional finance for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships in 2018-19, which it announced in its Programme for Government, and any underspend carried forward to 2019-20, is spent on establishing new services and posts and not used to manage any deficits of health and social care partnerships.
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Question reference: S5W-19812
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many foundation apprenticeships in STEM subjects have been offered in the current quarter, broken down by gender of the person they were offered to.
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Question reference: S5W-19806
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many women have (a) applied for and (b) undertaken a (i) Clinical Academic Fellowship, (ii) NES/CSO Postdoctoral Clinical Lectureship, (iii) NRS/University Senior Clinical Academic Fellowship and (iv) NRS Career Researcher Fellowship in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-19813
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure equality of access to foundation apprenticeships.
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Question reference: S5W-19809
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to address the low uptake of construction apprenticeships by women aged over 25.
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Question reference: S5O-02633
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport last met the chief executive and chair of NHS Lanarkshire, and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-19814
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 21 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the incidence and mortality rates for lung cancer reportedly being three times higher in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived, what action it is taking to engage with and support the most deprived communities in relation to smoking cessation.