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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 4 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-07025

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to reduce waiting times for audiologist tests to obtain NHS hearing aids.

Question reference: S6W-07058

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it encourages British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders from Hong Kong to resettle in Scotland, what information it has on how many have done so in the last five years, and how such numbers can be monitored.

Question reference: S6W-06995

  • Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reopening criteria being used by the East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership to determine the reopening of the Edington Hospital in North Berwick is an appropriate way to determine if a community hospital should be open.

Question reference: S6W-07075

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the provisions in the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019, to guarantee safe staffing levels in health and care services, will be implemented.

Question reference: S6W-07014

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have currently been waiting over (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years for hip or knee replacement surgery, also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-07002

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to advising NHS boards to follow NICE guideline 158 on the diagnosis, management and secondary prevention of venous thromboembolism in adults, published in 2020, until SIGN guideline 122 is updated.

Question reference: S6W-07013

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently waiting for hip or knee replacement surgery in each NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-07001

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish a new NHS workforce plan, and whether it has engaged with the Neurological Alliance of Scotland in relation to any workforce planning regarding multiple sclerosis.

Question reference: S6W-07012

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what resources are being made available to NHS boards to help patients on their orthopaedic surgery waiting lists to remain healthy enough to be operated on, while they are waiting.

Question reference: S6W-06946

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether fluoride will be added to the public water supply in Scotland.