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-08042
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding the Chief Scientist Office provided for clinical research in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-08142
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authority social work departments have developed their own policy to manage risk and to respond to and track missing children, as stated at paragraph 621 of the National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland (2014).
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Question reference: S6W-08229
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that sexual harassment is treated as a health and safety concern.
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Question reference: S6W-07992
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the procedure required to formally close a landfill site, including any period of monitoring required.
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Question reference: S6W-08118
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02823 by Kate Forbes on 24 September 2021, how much of the £24 million for a new grade separated junction at the Laurencekirk A90/A937 south junction has been spent; whether this represents the entire budget for upgrading the junction; whether it projects that it will exceed this budget; whether "delivery of the scheme itself" has now commenced, and when it anticipates the completion of the junction.
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Question reference: S6W-08219
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has made available for the creation and implementation of its Rare Disease Action Plan in (a) the current financial year and (b) each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-08055
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the level of elder abuse in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07958
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any budget overruns on Cycle One flood defence schemes will reduce funding available for Cycle Two schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-07954
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether factors such as risk to life and potential impact on the economy of Ballater as a tourist destination have been taken into account in reaching decisions regarding funding granted through the flood defence schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-07960
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the total projected cost is of the new Cycle Two flood defence schemes proposed by SEPA.