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-24397
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 23 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23865 by Jenni Minto on 21 December 2023, when the policy to distribute condoms in the women's prison estate was introduced, and whether sanitary products are available in the men's prison estate, and, if so, when this policy was introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-24314
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23865 by Jenni Minto on 21 December 2023, whether records are kept of the condoms issued to prisoners on the female prison estate; if so, how many have been issued in each month of the last two years, and for what reason condoms are issued on the female prison estate if conjugal visits are not permitted.
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Question reference: S6W-23947
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the (a) Royal College of Nursing report, The Nursing Workforce in Scotland: Review of Progress, (b) reported concern regarding high nursing vacancy rates across the NHS and social care and (c) most recent NHS statistics showing that 5,400 nursing and midwifery posts remain unfilled.
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Question reference: S6W-23946
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the 11% drop in acceptances onto nursing programmes in Scotland in the last year, as reported by UCAS.
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Question reference: S6W-23527
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 15 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking with NHS boards to review NHS security measures, in light of reports that an individual impersonating a nurse gained access to the medical details of several patients at a hospital in NHS Fife.
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Question reference: S6O-02961
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the consultation process for energy infrastructure projects.
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Question reference: S6W-23980
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 29 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports that deaths of newborn babies have reached a 15-year high, with 41 neonatal deaths recorded in the three months prior to the end of September 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-23865
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether condoms are available to prisoners in the women's prison estate.
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Question reference: S6W-23579
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children in the NHS Tayside area who were referred for mental health treatment in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023 started treatment within the 18-week target.
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Question reference: S6W-23577
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children in the NHS Grampian area who were referred for mental health treatment in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023 started treatment within the 18-week target.