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-10250
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 15 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many children and young people with mental health problems have been treated in England in each of the last three years as a result of a lack of forensic CAMHS inpatient facilities in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-10405
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many mental health link workers will be recruited by the end of 2017, and whether they will be included in its commitment to employing 800 additional mental health workers.
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Question reference: S5W-10408
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 14 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in each NHS board are being prescribed antidepressants.
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Question reference: S5W-10331
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how a potential legal exemption from national drug laws for the proposed safe drug consumption facility in Glasgow might work in practice.
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Question reference: S5W-10332
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what consultations have taken place regarding the proposed safe drug consumption facility in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-10324
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions have taken place between the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and the Crown Office regarding the proposed safe drug consumption facility in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-10476
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the recent finding by Audit Scotland that male students are still not choosing courses traditionally seen as attracting more female students, such as social work, health, hairdressing and beauty.
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Question reference: S5W-10323
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage (a) more girls into taking STEM subjects at school and (b) non-STEM female students and graduates to consider technology-related careers.
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Question reference: S5W-10300
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to assist NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to improve Emergency Department waiting time figures at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where for the week commencing 2 July 2017 only 83.6% of patients were reportedly seen within four hours.
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Question reference: S5W-10319
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response to statistics that suggest that women account for 18% of digital technology jobs in Scotland.