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: S6W-00674
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out a feasibility study on building a new plastic recycling plant.
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Question reference: S6W-01046
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the NHS bursary to all students in the allied health professions.
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Question reference: S6W-01034
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people died of food poisoning in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
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Question reference: S6W-01076
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform access to healthcare services for people who are homeless.
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Question reference: S6W-01052
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to each NHS board to run additional gynaecology clinics and offer fast-tracked appointments for women incorrectly excluded from the cervical screening programme.
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Question reference: S6W-01047
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when couples will be allowed to attend IVF appointments together as part of the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S6W-01096
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS dental consultations there have been in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-01053
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what date (a) the errors resulting in the exclusion of some women from the cervical screening programme were discovered and (b) a further review was commissioned.
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Question reference: S6W-01054
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01044 by John Swinney on 24 June 2021, whether it will provide the scientific evidence on which it based its decision to allow fans in Murrayfield Stadium subject to social distancing of 1.15 metres, as opposed to 1 or 2 metres.
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Question reference: S6W-01048
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to close the reported gap in the take-up of cervical cancer screening between women in the most and least affluent areas, as reported by Public Health Scotland.
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