Portfolio Questions

Health and Social Care Mercedes Villalba S6O-01022 1. To ask the Scottish Government what impact assessments it has made of any increased use of online appointments on patients' access to GP services. Stephanie Callaghan S6O-01023 2. To ask the Scottish Government how much it will spend per head of the population on health in the current financial year. Clare Adamson S6O-01024 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress regarding the spring COVID-19 vaccination programme in the NHS Lanarkshire area. Brian Whittle S6O-01025 4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support people who are experiencing poor mental health as a result of long COVID. Ruth Maguire S6O-01026 5. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that women who need it have access to specialist services for advice and support on the diagnosis and management of menopause. Graham Simpson S6O-01027 6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the number of people requiring home care but who remain on waiting lists for such care. Natalie Don S6O-01028 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether adult disability day centres are able to operate at pre-pandemic levels. Jackie Dunbar S6O-01029 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for adults. Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Mark Ruskell S6O-01030 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions the social justice secretary has had with the transport minister regarding the possibility of extending free bus travel in Scotland to people seeking asylum. Willie Coffey S6O-01031 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing. Jeremy Balfour S6O-01032 3. To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates will qualify for an indefinite award within the first 12 months of the national launch of Adult Disability Payment. Evelyn Tweed S6O-01033 4. To ask the Scottish Government how the actions set out in its Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan will support low-income families in Stirling. Colin Beattie S6O-01034 5. To ask the Scottish Government what duty local authorities have to assist disabled people who reside in mobile or park homes under the Chronically Sick And Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act 1972. Annabelle Ewing S6O-01035 6. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to families in the Cowdenbeath constituency that may be at risk of poverty due to the cost of living crisis. Maggie Chapman S6O-01036 7. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to local authorities for expanding the provision of sites for Roma/Traveller communities and reducing time on waiting lists. Craig Hoy S6O-01037 8. To ask the Scottish Government how it works with East Lothian Council in the delivery of local government services across the area. Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Pam Duncan-Glancy S6O-01038 1. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the constitution secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding support for people with no recourse to public funds to access financial support. Elena Whitham S6O-01039 2. To ask what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential impact on Scotland of the outcome of the French presidential election. Maurice Golden S6O-01040 3. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the culture minister has had with the minister for zero carbon buildings regarding work to install energy efficiency measures in cultural and heritage buildings. Claire Baker S6O-01041 4. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Historic Environment Scotland to deliver its inspection programme, and related remedial works, on the condition of, and impact of climate change on, heritage sites. Annie Wells S6O-01042 5. To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to support the revival of cultural and heritage institutions in Glasgow city centre, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rona Mackay S6O-01043 6. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the UK Government to discuss devolving immigration powers to Scotland. David Torrance S6O-01044 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the support, including funding for local authorities, for displaced people settling in Scotland under the Ukraine Family Scheme. Alexander Stewart S6O-01045 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of its international offices.