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-07570
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 14 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings in the NHS Information Services Division report, Child Health 27-30 Month Review Statistics Scotland 2015/16, which suggest that children from the most deprived areas were more than twice as likely to have at least one developmental concern, what (a) action it is taking to improve young children’s early development and to close the early development gap, (b) support it is providing to assist young children’s early speech and language development and (c) progress it is making against the Early Years Collaborative Stretch Aim to ensure that 85% of all children in each community planning partnership have reached all of the expected developmental milestones at the time of the 27-30 month child health review.
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Question reference: S5O-00772
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage more women to regularly participate in sport.
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Question reference: S5W-07025
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, what steps it will take to (a) implement the family-centred neonatal care units and (b) ensure that neonatal services meet the standards for quality of care set out in the report, The Best Start: A Five-Year Forward Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-07331
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it initially committed toward the development of the Royal Hospital for Children in Edinburgh and how much it expects to spend; what the total capital spend was initially expected to be and how much it expects this spend to be, and how much the hospital will cost over its lifetime.
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Question reference: S5O-00717
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to maintain specialist railway policing expertise within Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-00695
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support children with additional support needs when they leave school.
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Question reference: S5F-00754
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2017
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government considers that appropriate resources are in place to support teachers of children with additional support needs.
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Question reference: S5O-00553
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how physical education is helping to narrow the attainment gap.
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Question reference: S5O-00512
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to implement the recommendations of the ENABLE Scotland report, #IncludED in the Main?!.
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Question reference: S5O-00477
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it assesses Scotland’s economic performance in comparison with other countries.