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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 8 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-08748

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to support airshows in Scotland in the future.

Question reference: S6W-08319

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all information that it (a) provided and (b) received in relation to the decision to set the maximum fee per km2 of seabed under the ScotWind leasing process at £100,000, as announced by Crown Estate Scotland on 24 March 2021.

Question reference: S6W-08317

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it proposed that ScotWind’s option fee model should include annual fees, and, if so, whether it did so (a) prior to or (b) following the announcement of the results, in February 2021, of the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 auction by the Crown Estate.

Question reference: S6W-08575

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will take to inform any NHS patients who are unable to access the new waiting times website about indicative waiting times for their procedures.

Question reference: S6W-08572

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government who is building the new website to provide NHS patients with indicative waiting times, and how much it estimates this process will cost.

Question reference: S6W-08573

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government by what date it anticipates the new website to provide NHS patients with indicative waiting times will go live.

Question reference: S6W-08571

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the website that is being designed with Public Health Scotland to give patients indicative waiting times, how it will work; how specific the date ranges provided will be, and whether it will provide patients with (a) average and (b) longest waiting times.

Question reference: S6W-08574

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the new website to provide NHS patients with indicative waiting times, whether details of all NHS procedures and their indicative waiting times will be made available, and if this will not be the case, whether it can provide details of the procedures that will be included. 

Question reference: S6W-07963

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the future of the NHS 24/7 staff helpline.

Question reference: S6W-07576

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how the £5 million that it provided for the financial year 2020-21 to support the wellbeing of people working in health, social care and social work was (a) allocated and (b) spent.