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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-09558
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the role of social work does not become that of crisis response alone.
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Question reference: S6W-09541
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it will do to provide local authorities with additional funding for urgent infrastructure projects (a) in general and (b) such as the Torphichen Bridge bypass.
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Question reference: S6W-09517
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06701 by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2022, whether it will list the ferry routes that have been prioritised for assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-09479
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new booking system for CalMac Ferries, Ar Turas, will gauge unmet demand for ferry services, and, if not, what systems can be put in place to ensure that unmet demand is recorded.
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Question reference: S6W-09553
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints from (a) passengers and (b) staff were received by ScotRail services between 1 and 30 June 2022, broken down by the reason for the complaint.
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Question reference: S6W-09452
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints from (a) passengers and (b) staff were received by ScotRail services between 1 and 31 May 2022, broken down by the reason for the complaint.
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Question reference: S6W-09537
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the retention of social workers in Scotland, in light of the findings of the report Setting the Bar for Social Work in Scotland that one in four social workers leave the profession within six years of qualifying.
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Question reference: S6W-09486
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is (a) recognising social workers and (b) improving public perceptions and understanding of social work, in light of the comments in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, regarding “the need for social work to have stronger representation publicly”.
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Question reference: S6W-09539
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of business support staff across all social work team types, in light of the findings of the report Setting the Bar for Social Work in Scotland that there has been an average loss of 32.9% of staff in this role between 2019 and 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-09485
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve working conditions for social workers in response to the finding in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, that 49% of social workers say they might leave the profession due to high administrative workloads.
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