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-09582
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what can be done to reduce the need for those with Alzheimer's disease to wait in accident and emergency waiting rooms for extended periods of time.
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Question reference: S6W-09331
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 20 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government’s announcement regarding roll-out of the cost of living payment from 14 July 2022, whether it can confirm if it will be responsible for handling the additional £300 cost of living payments for pensioners who are in receipt of winter fuel payments, and, if this is the case, whether it will provide details of the roll-out of these payments.
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Question reference: S6W-09566
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to a civil service headcount reduction.
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Question reference: S6W-09636
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the precise remit of the reported working group established to examine the delivery of a pilot scheme for juryless trials, and when any such working group will report.
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Question reference: S6W-09643
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many empty homes there have been in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-09570
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that the recording of incidents of domestic and sexual abuse against men in Scotland is accurate.
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Question reference: S6W-09681
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the reported backlog of 42,000 criminal cases to be heard at Scottish courts relate to sexual offences; what action is being taken to speed up access to justice in relation to any such sexual offence cases, and how much additional funding is being made available to support victims and survivors of sexual offences who are affected by any delays in the hearing of their cases.
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Question reference: S6W-09488
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to extending the sunset clause on minimum unit pricing until June 2023, when Public Health Scotland plans to publish its final, overarching report on the policy.
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Question reference: S6W-09568
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, to the Ofgem consultation on RIIO-ED2 Draft Determinations, which sets out a five-year vision to "transform local energy grids to support the transition to a cleaner, affordable, home-grown low-carbon energy system, as part of its draft plans for the next electricity distribution price control (known as RIIO-ED2)".
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Question reference: S6W-09330
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the demands made on older serving prison guards in the Scottish Prison Service, in light of the reported strenuous nature of the job.