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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S5W-20540

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how patients can access the results of Health Improvement Scotland inspections carried out at dental practices.

Question reference: S5W-20539

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how inspections carried out by local NHS boards on dental practices differ from those carried out by Healthcare Improvement Scotland on independent dental practices.

Question reference: S5W-20538

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many independent dental practices have been subject to inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland since 2016, and how much these cost.

Question reference: S5W-20371

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 21 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the NHS treatment time guarantee not being met for a number of treatments, what support is available to patients who face long waiting times for surgery.

Question reference: S5W-20416

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to BMA Scotland's comment that ISD statistics underestimate the consultant vacancy rate by excluding posts that have yet to be cleared to be advertised and do not take account of the reliance on locum doctors and “that by not including certain categories of vacancy, the official statistics simply don’t provide the full picture of the scale of consultant vacancies in our NHS”.

Question reference: S5T-01396

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ministers will no longer hold a public session or Q&A as part of the annual review of NHS boards.

Question reference: S5W-20430

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make it easier for women with learning disabilities to access cervical screening.

Question reference: S5W-20429

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to help women who are survivors of sexual violence to access cervical screening.

Question reference: S5O-02703

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve support for women who have lipoedema.

Question reference: S5W-19808

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the number of female apprentices completing their training reportedly falling by 11% in the last four years, what it is doing to reverse this trend, and what specific action it will take on this issue in relation to STEM-related subjects.