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-27147
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 16 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will address the reported £16 million funding deficit facing the hospice sector, in light of the recent funding announcement for hospices in Wales to help maintain services and meet staffing costs.
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Question reference: S6O-03396
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on specialist alcohol services, such as the Primary Care Alcohol Nurse Outreach Service in Glasgow, in dealing with the reported public health crisis in relation to alcohol.
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Question reference: S6W-27100
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it engaged with the UK Government in the drafting of the 2023 UK state report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Question reference: S6W-27101
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it engaged with (a) black and minority ethnic people in Scotland, (b) race equality groups and (c) National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the drafting of Scotland's input to the 2023 UK state report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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Question reference: S6W-26761
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 April 2024
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Question reference: S6W-26726
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason training places for radiology students reportedly decreased between 2023 and 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-26727
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason training places for radiology students reportedly decreased for the West of Scotland training centre/region from 19 places in August 2023 to six places in August 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-26728
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that any decrease in training places for radiology students between 2023 and 2024 will prevent it meeting its aim to provide 10 additional radiology training places each year.
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Question reference: S6W-26725
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many training places for radiology students there have been in each year since 2018, also broken down by training centre/region.
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Question reference: S6W-27075
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £30 million of targeted investment to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists, as announced on 1 April 2024, will be spent, and how much is being allocated to each NHS board.