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-08984
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the current delay is in the construction of accessible social housing, and approximately how long it will take to be back on track with the accessible housing targets set out in its strategy, Housing to 2040.
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Question reference: S6W-08870
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will offer to ports not successful in the Green Freeports Programme to help them become supply chain and manufacturing bases for offshore renewables.
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Question reference: S6W-08857
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported asylum seekers from Hong Kong who have resettled in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-09033
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what average annual charge is set by care home providers for a place that is occupied by someone who is self-funding, broken down by integration joint board (IJB) area.
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Question reference: S6W-09090
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what framework it provides to local authorities for the delivery of services for young people affected by blindness and sight loss, to allow them to share (a) knowledge of best practice and (b) support for outsourcing services.
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Question reference: S6W-09065
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the Chief Executive of Scottish Care has said that the requirement for 10,000 people with advanced dementia to pay for healthcare is a "moral outrage" and that this would be free if they had any other terminal illness.
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Question reference: S6W-09092
- Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to respond to the Zero Emissions Social Housing Taskforce report, Achieving net zero in social housing, in order to provide registered social landlords with as much certainty as possible as they plan to retrofit their stock of tenement accommodation to meet its climate targets, including in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency where the stock is reportedly extensive.
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Question reference: S6W-09000
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was allocated to NHS Fife in 2021-22, and how much it anticipates will be allocated in each year from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-08867
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a green industrial strategy is being prepared and, if so, by what date it will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-09070
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported comment by the Royal College of Nursing Scotland that fewer than a quarter of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses on shift, by what date the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 will be implemented.
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