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-04596
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will give effect to the commitment in the shared policy programme agreed by it and the Scottish Green Party Parliamentary Group to make more use of translocation of beavers and provide financial and practical support for this.
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Question reference: S6W-04218
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on 26 October 2021 that there will be a "rapid review of the services that are required to support people who experience mental health and substance use problems" (Official Report, c. 69), who will carry out the review; whether it will provide further details of the review’s remit, and when it anticipates (a) the review will be completed and (b) a report will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-04234
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available for flood prevention schemes where designs have been approved but building works have not yet commenced.
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Question reference: S6W-04210
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has reportedly been a delay in the roll-out of the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S6W-04327
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw MSP (on behalf of the SPCB) on 23 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consultation it is undertaking regarding the 2022-23 uprating of the Staff Cost Provision, and what review of any increase in the provision it has planned.
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Question reference: S6W-04207
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the potential impact that the integration of children’s services may have on its commitment to keep The Promise.
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Question reference: S6W-04245
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many solicitors it and its directorates directly employ, and what the average salary is for those roles, broken down by bandings related to seniority or other factors.
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Question reference: S6W-04189
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that people with severe cases of ME do not face barriers to accessing care and treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-04208
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is meeting its policy aims for a young person with complex additional support needs to leave school and go onto a day service or be cared for in the community, in light of there being a reported lack of accessible provision in Scotland’s colleges.
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Question reference: S6W-03874
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages onshore and offshore wind farm developers to work with businesses in Scotland in the construction and installation of wind turbines.
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