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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 4 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-33967

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to develop a new Heart Disease Action Plan.

Question reference: S6W-33964

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients were on waiting lists for an echocardiogram (a) in total and (b) for over a year, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-33968

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether mobile or other IT devices used by its ministers, that are not corporate devices, are covered by the revised policy on retention of information.

Question reference: S6W-33971

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether risk assessments are currently required before the transfer of any patient to a care home, in the event that they have an infectious disease.

Question reference: S6W-33965

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died from heart disease in each of the last five years, and, of these, how many were classed as premature deaths.

Question reference: S6W-33959

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people had received their flu vaccination by the end of November 2024, and how this compares with November (a) 2023 and (b) 2022, broken down by the categories of (i) over-65s, (ii) at risk 18- to 64-year-olds, (c) healthcare workers and (d) care home residents.

Question reference: S6W-33958

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the delivery of the COVID-19 and flu vaccination programme for 2024-25 has been later than the programmes in the previous two years.

Question reference: S6W-33963

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many patients were on waiting lists for cardiology (a) in total and (b) for over a year, in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-33969

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether the revised policy on the use of WhatsApp for government business applies to ministers who may communicate with each other on non-corporate devices.

Question reference: S6W-33962

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 January 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 7 February 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed with NHS Highland in relation to GPs taking over vaccination programmes in their area.