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-13855
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many physicians there are involved in forensic medical examinations for sexual crime, broken down by gender.
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Question reference: S5W-13782
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many zero-emissions buses were on public service routes by the end of 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-13811
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government 2016-17 to recruit up to 250 community link workers to work in GP surgeries by the end of the parliamentary session, how many were recruited by the end of 2017.
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Question reference: S5W-13621
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many victims of sexual assault were examined in police stations in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-13620
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many female victims of sexual assault were examined by male doctors in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5W-13666
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 15 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the reported difference between NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's average spend of £76 on hospital food per patient per week and NHS Lothian’s average spend of £102.
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Question reference: S5W-13345
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to improve teacher recruitment and retention in Glasgow, in light of reports that the children in one class at Thornwood Primary School have had 20 different teachers since starting school.
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Question reference: S5W-13563
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 21 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12825 by Maureen Watt on 30 November 2017, what plans it has to carry out research on the mental health of all looked-after children and young adults.
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Question reference: S5W-13452
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to the Scape Group report that Glasgow City Council will require 57 additional secondary school classrooms by 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-13266
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 December 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in its recent report on HMP Shotts, when the Scottish Prison Service will launch a national policy to deal with bullying and intimidation among prisoners.
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