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Chamber and committees

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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 13 October 2025
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Question reference: S5W-23680

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 20 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to commission and publish a renewed study on trends in the prescribing of psychoactive medications for people with dementia, in line with commitment 18 in Scotland's National Dementia Strategy 2017-2020.

Question reference: S5O-03445

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support third sector groups to help address loneliness among older people.

Question reference: S5W-23637

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been to receive an echo cardiogram in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-23643

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency beds there have been in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-23650

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many people were readmitted to hospital in the last year within 24 hours of discharge, broken down by integrated joint board area.

Question reference: S5W-23641

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has awarded in the last year to organisations that have applied to it for funding.

Question reference: S5W-23640

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations applying to it for funding in the last year have had their applications rejected.

Question reference: S5W-23649

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff are not employed on full-time contracts.

Question reference: S5W-23645

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many people under 65 have received free personal care since it was extended to include this group.

Question reference: S5W-23597

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2019
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-21526 by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2019, whether it will provide this information for each of the last five years, also broken by institution.