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
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Question reference: S6W-06973
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in response to reports that over 240,000 calls to the NHS 24 111 number were unanswered between September 2021 and January 2022, which represents an average of over 48,000 calls per month.
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Question reference: S6W-06767
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether Healthcare Improvement Scotland is currently reviewing the use of Palforzia for children with peanut allergies; if so, what the anticipated timescale is for (a) it to produce its recommendations and (b) these to be implemented by NHS Scotland, and, if not, whether such a review will be under taken as a priority in order give children in Scotland access to this treatment, in light of it being available in England and Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-06287
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05441 by Ben Macpherson on 28 February 2022, whether it will clarify the eligibility of individuals for the Adult Disability Payment as they reach retirement age, in light of the reference on its website to this form of assistance being for individuals from the age of 16 to state pension age.
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Question reference: S6W-06769
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment Public Health Scotland has made of the reported backlog in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumours as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and what steps are being taken to address this.
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Question reference: S6W-06275
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether provision has been made in the new devolved disability benefits system to allow disabled people to relocate between nations of the UK and maintain their benefit eligibility.
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Question reference: S6W-05654
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00396 by Maree Todd on 16 June 2021, for what reasons it has not met its previous commitment to launch the Nicotine Vapour Products (NVPs) public consultation in Autumn 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05653
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00396 by Maree Todd on 16 June 2021, when the Nicotine Vapour Products (NVPs) public consultation will be launched.
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Question reference: S6O-00576
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the efforts being made to close the poverty-related attainment gap.
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Question reference: S6W-04737
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are provisions in the forthcoming smoke and heat detector legislation that will allow smoke and heat detectors in sheltered housing for older people to be linked to a warden call provider, but not to each other.
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Question reference: S6W-04545
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that future anti-smoking campaigns addressed at young people take account of any concerns that they might have regarding whether there is a link between smoking and weight gain or loss.