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-06276
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS has targets for the time taken between initial appointment and full transitioning for people who wish to gender transition and, if so, what these are.
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Question reference: S5W-06275
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS has a "one-size fits all" approach to patients wishing to gender transition or whether care packages are tailored to individual needs.
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Question reference: S5W-06220
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the availability of maternity care, in light of reports of pregnant women being turned away by the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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Question reference: S5W-06221
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to tackle fuel poverty, in light of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health's recent study.
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Question reference: S5O-00571
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is tackling youth unemployment.
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Question reference: S5W-05515
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the reported increase in the number of planned operation cancellations by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde due to capacity or non-clinical reasons.
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Question reference: S5W-05577
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of social rent households is fuel poor, and what action it is taking to reduce this level.
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Question reference: S5W-05496
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent analysis by the Chartered Management Institute, which indicates that the gender-pay gap in Scotland for managerial positions is the highest in the UK, what action it will take to bring the gender-pay gap for these positions in line with that of the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-05395
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the recent survey by the National Centre for Social Research regarding how the Scottish electorate voted in the EU referendum.
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Question reference: S5W-05514
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that private rents in Scotland are increasing at a faster rate than in central London.
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