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-08840
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the spending mechanism used for determining the provision of social care will include a re-evaluation of the so-called eligibility of need threshold, which can reportedly cause regional inequality between local authority areas.
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Question reference: S6W-08855
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to The Promise Oversight Board’s first report into the progress that Scotland is making to implement the conclusions of the Independent Care Review and keep The Promise, and what it will do to meet the recommendations in the report.
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Question reference: S6W-08802
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking and what plans it has to address the reported arrival and spread of invasive non-native species and their impact on the country's ecosystems.
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Question reference: S6W-08787
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31522 by Roseanna Cunningham on 14 September 2020, what subsequent work has been carried out by SEPA and Circularity Scotland to ensure that carbon impact monitoring of the deposit return scheme is ready in time for launch, and whether it will provide an update on current progress with these efforts.
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Question reference: S6W-08921
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time to access chronic pain services has been in each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-08727
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to define and promote best practice in Invasive Non-native Species (INNS) biosecurity, eradication and long-term control.
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Question reference: S6W-08899
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the National Records of Scotland report stating that alcohol-specific deaths increased by 17% in 2020, what (a) short-, (b) medium- and (c) long-term actions have been taken to reduce harm and prevent further deaths.
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Question reference: S6W-08927
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much has been spent on providing temporary accommodation for anyone requiring it in each local authority area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-08713
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the delivery of (a) social and (b) other affordable housing (i) across the South Lanarkshire Council area and (ii) in East Kilbride over the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-08839
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work is taking place to reduce the cultural attendance gap between adults in the highest Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quartile and the lowest.
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