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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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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 13 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-05398

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the data on nationality collected during COVID-19 booster vaccinations will be used, and how this data is recorded on medical records.

Question reference: S6W-05397

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason a question on nationality was included in the process of receiving a COVID-19 booster vaccination.

Question reference: S6W-05283

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in introducing a "red bag" scheme for patients to keep their belongings, medications, and information safe when in hospital, and which NHS boards are currently delivering the scheme.

Question reference: S6W-05286

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time for people to access chronic pain services has been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S6W-05399

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have applied to the Scottish Ministers to have an area designated as a Rent Pressure Zone since their introduction.

Question reference: S6W-05182

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the British Academy of Audiology report on NHS Lothian's Paediatric Audiology Services, which reportedly found there were 887 cases in which children were affected of which at least 100 were deaf, what measures it is taking to ensure that all children who may have been affected are urgently identified.

Question reference: S6W-05344

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04783 by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021, what the (a) average, (b) longest and (c) shortest waiting time has been for a housebound person to have a home COVID-19 vaccination appointment following one being requested.

Question reference: S6W-05276

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) assessment and (b) review of EPC rating regulations it will undertake to assess their suitability to deliver outcomes.

Question reference: S6W-05271

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the introduction of the Down Syndrome Bill to the UK Parliament by Liam Fox MP, what (a) support and (b) provisions it will provide in order to establish a national strategy to improve (i) provision and (ii) outcomes for people with Down syndrome in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-05272

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 23 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of benefit fraud have been made to the mygov.scot portal in each year since it was established.