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-03395
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the comments in the paper, Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland (the McLelland report), regarding e-procurement, for what reasons hospitals and health centres continue to submit sourcing requests using handwritten forms and faxes.
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Question reference: S5W-03402
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how often the NHS procurement process is audited and by whom, also broken down by the outcome of last audit for each NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-03404
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the NHS procurement process is robust and that those who place orders have no financial or other connection with the suppliers.
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Question reference: S5W-03397
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) nursing and (b) other staff there have been in each NHS board in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S5W-03396
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many employees in the mental health sector it expects to retire in 2016-17, and how many of these posts will be subsequently advertised.
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Question reference: S5W-03393
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much the NHS spent on non-contracted suppliers in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
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Question reference: S5W-03458
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many nursing staff working days in each NHS board have been lost due to illness in each of the last five years, and what information it has on how many times the absence was covered by colleagues.
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Question reference: S5W-03405
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how many vacated hospital buildings there are in each NHS board, also broken down by when each building will be emptied of all re-useable equipment and furnishings.
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Question reference: S5W-03399
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of NHS procurement employees is qualified in procurement, also broken down by the proportion holding Chartered Institute of Procurement accreditation.
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Question reference: S5W-03769
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 1 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what communication the Scottish Health Council has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding (a) Lightburn and (b) the Vale of Leven Hospital since May 2015.
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