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-11179
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2017
To also ask the Scottish Government what spending outlines it gave to local authorities when awarding them £35,000 to compile autism action plans and strategies, and what analysis it has carried out of the effectiveness of how each council used this.
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Question reference: S5F-01544
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2017
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that the electrification of the Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk rail service is subject to further delay.
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Question reference: S5O-01227
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to initiatives that aim to make Glasgow more environmentally-friendly.
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Question reference: S5W-10780
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent drug-related death figures, which reportedly show an increase by almost a quarter between 2015 and 2016 and that Scotland's drugs death rate is two and a half times that of the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-10778
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 31 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of recent figures that reportedly show methadone contributed to 42% of drug-related deaths in 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-10603
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-08740 by Maureen Watt on 27 April 2017, when the full summary of progress made by the Mental Health Strategy 2012-15 will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-10605
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the recently announced £35 million for mental health professionals in A&Es, GP surgeries and other settings is a one-off or recurring budget item.
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Question reference: S5W-10604
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a costed, timetabled delivery plan, setting out which bodies will undertake action and what the expected outcomes are, to support the implementation of its Mental Health Strategy and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S5W-10588
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of a BBC investigation that highlighted that three NHS boards had patients who waited more than three years to be discharged from acute mental health units.
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Question reference: S5W-10589
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 29 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of reported figures by the National Records of Scotland that state that the number of people in Scotland dying from Alzheimer's and dementia has more than doubled to 5,571 since 2000.