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-02951
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used when determining the use of well-known public figures in public information campaigns, and whether there is any application process.
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Question reference: S6W-02863
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an annual breakdown for the allocation of the £500 million Whole Family Wellbeing Fund set out in the Programme for Government, and whether any of this funding will be redirected from pre-existing budgets.
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Question reference: S6W-02861
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the most common reasons that are given by each NHS board for referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to be declined.
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Question reference: S6W-02966
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Spaces for People scheme, which temporary installations have been removed or reversed; which of the infrastructure is scheduled to be removed or reversed; how much it will cost to remove or reverse this infrastructure, and what the original cost was of each project.
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Question reference: S6W-02812
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the potential economic impact of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports.
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Question reference: S6W-02735
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will meet the commitment to "provide additional support for rural and islands homes, which require bespoke and targeted advice", as set out in its Shared Policy Programme with the Scottish Green Party.
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Question reference: S6W-02774
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress the National Partnership for Culture has made in establishing a measuring change group "to inform progress towards realising the national outcome for culture and the delivery of the culture strategy", as set out in the 2020 Culture Strategy for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-02745
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Programme for Government for 2021-22, whether it can provide details regarding the Just Transition Commission's (a) chair, (b) membership and (c) remit in the new parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-02702
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what role it can play in ensuring that any delegates from the Global South attending COP26 who have not had a COVID-19 vaccine will be prioritised to receive the vaccine in Scotland prior to the summit taking place.
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Question reference: S6W-02747
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what targets it has set for the uptake of naloxone kits, made available to the public.
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