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Chamber and committees

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 5 October 2025
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Question reference: S5W-05511

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many private audit reports have been commissioned by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010, broken down by (a) cost per report and (b) NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-05509

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been commissioned from Deloitte by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010 and at what cost, also broken down by NHS board.

Question reference: S5W-05510

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2016
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many private consultancy reports have been commissioned by NHS Scotland in each year since 2010, broken down by (a) cost per report and (b) NHS board.

Question reference: S5O-00644

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2017
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published report, Export Statistics Scotland 2015.

Question reference: S5W-06153

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to each Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-06154

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what action it took during the centralisation of A&E services in Glasgow to ensure that patients brought to hospital in an ambulance would be discharged to A&E in a timely manner.

Question reference: S5W-06152

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish weekly (a) waiting time and (b) attendance levels for hospital acute assessment units.

Question reference: S5W-06160

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of ambulances attending emergencies in each Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division in each year since 2011 were not fully equipped to support paramedics in their work.

Question reference: S5W-06164

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been made of an ambulance not being inspected for mechanical safety in each year since 2010.

Question reference: S5W-06156

  • Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 January 2017

To ask the Scottish Government what the longest recorded time was to discharge a patient from an ambulance on arrival at A&E in each month since May 2011, broken down by Scottish Ambulance Service regional operational division.