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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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 19 August 2025
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Question reference: S5W-14099

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many delayed discharge patients are waiting for guardianship to be provided, broken down by NHS board.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Question reference: S5W-14048

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00689 by Shona Robison on 23 February 2017, (Official Report, c. 1), whether it has received the business case from NHS Lothian and, if not, by what date it will be submitted.

Question reference: S5W-14089

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much each NHS board has spent on (a) agency and (b) bank staff in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-14105

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the diversity of people working in executive rolesÌýin the NHS.Ìý

Question reference: S5W-14085

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many specialist positions in the NHS have not been filled in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-14093

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how manyÌýpatients from each NHS board areaÌýhave been treated in other parts of the UK in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-14083

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether all stomach or gastro patients presenting at A&E departments are included in A&E waiting times statistics.

Question reference: S5W-14072

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to roll out human papilloma virus (HPV) primary screening, and what discussions it has had with (a) NHS boards, (b) charities and (c) other stakeholdersÌýregarding this.

Question reference: S5W-14081

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of clostridium difficile (C.Diff) have been reported within a community/home setting in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S5W-13969

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 January 2018
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 February 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it learned following the insolvency of the Dunne Group in 2016 regarding contractors that are involved in delivering public sector contracts going out of business before contracts are completed; what changes it made in systems and procurement policies in light of any lessons learned, and how any such changes will assist in mitigating the impact of Carillion's insolvency and any similar insolvencies in the future.