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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 19 February 2026
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Question reference: S6W-11400

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) were accepted onto pre-registration midwifery training courses, (b) started their pre-registration midwifery training, (c) were at any stage in their pre-registration midwifery training, and (d) successfully completed their pre-registration midwifery training, in each academic year since 2016-17.

Question reference: S6W-11401

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of student midwives who began training did not go on to graduate in each of the last five years for which complete figures are available.

Question reference: S6W-11392

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it will accelerate clinical research and development to encourage participation in clinical trials for people living in remote and rural areas.

Question reference: S6W-11379

  • Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government who has been appointed to the post of place director in each community planning partnership in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-11383

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been reallocated from Scottish Budget underspends in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-11399

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the age profile of the NHS midwifery workforce was in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board, in (i) 2016 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Question reference: S6W-11243

  • Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the senior leaders who will "take responsibility for driving the necessary changes and reporting on progress" of the implementation of the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards, as announced by the Minister for Drugs Policy to the Parliament on 23 June 2022, have now been appointed by local authority chief executives and chief officers, and whether it will publish the name and position of each local authority's responsible senior leader.

Question reference: S6W-11356

  • Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how much the (a) Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and (b) Town Centre Capital Fund (TCCF) has invested in (i) Fife, (ii) Stirling, (iii) Clackmannanshire and (iv) Perth and Kinross, in the financial year (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021-22.

Question reference: S6W-11398

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many midwives there have been in the NHS in (a) Scotland and (b) each NHS board area, in each year since 2016, broken down by (i) headcount and (ii) full-time equivalent terms.

Question reference: S6W-11354

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 October 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the current waiting time is for a paediatric audiology appointment in NHS Highland.