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
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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Question reference: S4W-22136
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 July 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 25 July 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how much will be invested in the new satellite of the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre at Monklands Hospital.
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Question reference: S4W-21718
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 23 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many medical consultants per 1,000 population there are in Scotland and what information it has on how this compares with Wales.
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Question reference: S4W-21719
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 23 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the real-terms increase in the resource budget of NHS Scotland is expected to be between 2010-11 and 2015-16 and what information it has on how this compares with NHS Wales.
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Question reference: S4W-21712
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether patients will continue to be sent to other parts of the UK for transplant operations in the event of independence.
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Question reference: S4O-03385
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 19 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the final report of the Commission for Developing Scotland's Young Workforce.
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Question reference: S4O-03403
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 June 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what strategic contribution education can make to improving regional economic activity.
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Question reference: S4O-03333
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is to taking to help young people with cancer access clinical trials.
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Question reference: S4O-03295
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 May 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it has taken to support greater female employment.
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Question reference: S4W-20337
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 23 April 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the average salary will be for nursing and midwifery staff at pay bands (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4, (e) 5, (f) 6 and (g) 7 in April (i) 2014; (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016, and what information it has on how this compares with staff in England.
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Question reference: S4O-03106
- Asked by: Aileen McLeod, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2014
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the estimated 100,000 increase in the number of children living in poverty by 2020 would have on health inequalities.