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-19618
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S5W-18944 and S5W-19151 by Jeane Freeman on 27 September and 4 October 2018 respectively, how many people have accessed the cystic fibrosis drug, Orkambi, through the Peer Approved Clinical System (PACS) Tier Two Panel.
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Question reference: S5O-02533
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when the findings of the South West Transport Study will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-19004
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14416 by Shona Robison on 22 February 2018, what consideration it has given to ensuring equitable access to fracture liaison services across the country.
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Question reference: S5W-19005
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to ensuring that dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning is available to everyone as a means of early fracture diagnosis and prevention of further fractures in people at risk of osteoporosis.
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Question reference: S5O-02458
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the latest position is on its roll-out of 1,140 hours of free childcare by 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-19138
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 22 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government by what date NHS Ayrshire and Arran will finalise its proposed changes to the delivery of cancer treatment services.
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Question reference: S5W-19140
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that NHS boards give appropriate consideration to the suitability of transport infrastructure, including public transport provision and hospital parking, when planning major changes to the delivery of services.
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Question reference: S5W-19003
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-14416 by Shona Robison on 22 February 2018, and the subsequent commitment in its Programme for Government, when it will publish a national falls and fracture prevention strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-18766
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made by the South West Transport Study, and by what date the findings will be published.
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Question reference: S5F-02635
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the report that obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest cause of preventable cancers in women.
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