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: S5W-06923
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the survey by Volunteer Scotland, Young People and Volunteering in Scotland, 2016, and what action it is taking to make volunteering more inclusive.
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Question reference: S5W-06922
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to raise awareness among young people regarding the benefits of volunteering.
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Question reference: S5W-06710
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent in each year since 2011-12 on accommodation costs for people to receive treatment in a different board area from where they live.
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Question reference: S5W-06743
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent in each year since 2011-12 on travel costs for people to receive treatment in a different board area from where they live, broken down by (a) personal mileage, (b) taxi, (c) rail, (d) flight and (e) other costs.
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Question reference: S5W-06905
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 21 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05422 by Mark McDonald on 15 December 2016, what its response is to the findings and recommendations on breastfeeding in the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health report, State of Child Health.
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Question reference: S5F-00882
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2017
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to recent NSPCC figures, which show that thousands of children with serious mental health problems turned to Childline last year.
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Question reference: S5O-00652
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution last spoke with the Scottish Fiscal Commission.
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Question reference: S5O-00592
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the maintenance of the 2016-17 funding reduction to alcohol and drug partnerships in its Draft Budget 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-05963
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its guidance to local authorities on how to identify, record and monitor the additional support needs of young people in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-05964
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition's call for clearer guidance on how the number of pupils with additional support needs is collected, in light of the 2016 pupil census data that suggests that there is significant variation across local authorities in the number recorded.