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-26995
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will pause the commissioning of a new gender service by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and NHS National Services Scotland while consideration is given to the Cass Review recommendations.
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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: Answered by Emma Roddick on 8 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-27021
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which datasets will be improved to ensure that action 131 of the Cancer Action Plan for Scotland 2023 to 2026, to improve data collection on metastatic breast cancer, is met.
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Question reference: S6W-27020
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to deliver action 131 of the Cancer Action Plan for Scotland 2023 to 2026 to improve data collection on metastatic breast cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-27022
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the first set of quarterly data from the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer for England and Wales, whether improved data collected on metastatic breast cancer will be published in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-26753
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many more people are expected to receive an Independent Living Fund payment in 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-26754
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided for the Independent Living Fund in the last five years; what the fund's budget will be for 2024-25, and what it anticipates that the fund's budget will be for 2025-26.
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Question reference: S6W-26752
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently in receipt of an Independent Living Fund payment.
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Question reference: S6W-27076
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional (a) appointments and (b) procedures will be delivered through the £30 million of targeted investment to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists, as announced on 1 April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27077
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a timetable for when the remaining £270 million in funding for additional appointments and procedures will be allocated, and from where this funding will be allocated.