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-04270
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will improve the teaching of STEM subjects in secondary schools.
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Question reference: S6W-04236
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients waited longer than the period specified in the referral to treatment time guarantee to receive orthopaedic treatment in NHS Highland in each year since 2007, and what the reasons for delays in treatment were.
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Question reference: S6W-03949
- Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the actions ministers have taken under section 9 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020, regarding opportunities to advance equality and non-discrimination when exercising their functions under the Act.
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Question reference: S6W-04047
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it established the task and finish group on developing a carbon metric, as set out in Scotland's Zero Waste Plan; what the composition of the group is, and what the timeline is for the work to be carried out by the group.
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Question reference: S6W-03848
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on (a) the resumption of work on its Fuel Poverty Strategy and (b) the appointment of the statutory Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel.
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Question reference: S6W-03944
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00179 by Keith Brown on 21 September 2021 and, specifically, the assertion that “where recommendations are made, the priority is to ensure that they are acted upon”, and based on the understanding that there is no national oversight mechanism or statutory mandate for the implementation of fatal accident inquiry recommendations, whether it will clarify (a) whose priority it is to ensure that fatal accident inquiry recommendations are acted upon and (b) how it ensures that fatal accident inquiry recommendations are acted upon.
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Question reference: S6W-03114
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to dedicate at least 5% of community health and social care spend to family support services by 2030, how much it currently invests in community health and social care, and what level of spend it anticipates this will reach by 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-04083
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to address the root causes of the (a) harassment and (b) drink spiking and spiking by injection of women in nightlife venues.
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Question reference: S6W-04136
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the provision of physiotherapy rehabilitation services for people with neurological conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-04185
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the provision of mental health support for people living with MS and other neurological conditions.
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