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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has taken to address the consequences of the reduction of universal credit and any potential impact on child poverty.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a national waiting times target for people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems to receive community mental health support.
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the provision of community mental health support.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to renew its suicide prevention strategy once the current action plan expires.
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to (a) local authorities and (b) NHS boards to carry out suicide prevention training.
To ask the Scottish Government which of the 10 action points in its plan, Every Life Matters, have been delivered on.
To ask the Scottish Government what importance it places on ensuring that people who deliver frontline public services receive suicide prevention training, and whether it monitors how many people are trained.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the Barnardo's Scotland report, Care In Mind Paper 2: Health Assessments for Looked-after Children, and what plans it has to implement each of these.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to update the policy framework regarding health assessments for looked after children and young people.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the prevalence of mild to moderate mental health problems.