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-07830
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07108 by Lorna Slater on 22 March 2022, which states that the number of reverse vending machines (RVMs) that will be used in Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) was estimated at 3,021, whether it now estimates that number to be around 5,000, in light of this reportedly being stated in a DRS workshop held by Circularity Scotland in March 2022, and, if so, what action it will take to further amend the final BRIA to reflect the additional costs associated with this increased estimate.
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Question reference: S6W-07735
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made to ensure that Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards will be fully embedded across services by April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-07939
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether the use of anti-viral medication to treat COVID-19 will be extended to all people who were on the shielding list.
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Question reference: S6W-08041
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to address reported concerns about pupil behaviour in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-07652
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether all apprenticeships in the public sector pay the Living Wage.
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Question reference: S6W-07758
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) can take and (b) is taking to ensure that the Consul General of China does not have any undue influence over local or national politics in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07894
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) can take and (b) is taking to ensure that the Consul General of China does not have any undue influence over local or national politics in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07829
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the statement on the Circularity Scotland website that the retailer handling fee will be determined “annually by independent consultants”, whether (a) this statement is correct and (b) the consultants referred to are PwC, and, if so, what its response is to reports that PwC are not in fact determining the fee, but rather providing advice on the basis of which the fee will be determined by Circularity Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07904
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) local authorities and (b) other public sector organisations will have preferred bidder status where Community Health and Social Care Boards procure services, as set out in its National Care Service draft proposals.
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Question reference: S6W-07700
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the availability of high-quality BSL and English interpreters in courts and police stations.
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