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-07596
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the financial impact of fuel and energy price increases will be on the public sector in the financial year 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-07713
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding antisemitism within university settings, what plans it has to tackle this issue.
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Question reference: S6W-07932
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many registered nurses are currently employed in community, social and primary care settings.
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Question reference: S6W-07857
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation in the report of the Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing that there should be an explicit duty of candour on Police Scotland to co-operate fully with all investigations into allegations against its officers.
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Question reference: S6W-07828
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the "green jobs" that it expects oil and gas workers to transition to will attract the same or similar salary and benefits as the jobs undertaken as oil and gas workers.
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Question reference: S6W-07313
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, and the statements regarding local authority benefits as a result of half a billion containers being removed from local authorities, what its position is on whether such a removal of containers would represent a reduction in benefits for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-07825
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring is undertaken of energy advisory bodies to ensure homogeneity of advice across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07314
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, and the increase in business costs for an additional half a billion containers within the scheme, from table 1 to table 2, of £34 million, in light of this being a 3% cost increase associated with a 23% increase in containers, how this cost was calculated, and how distance takeback services from online retailers have been factored into the calculations for the additional half a billion containers in the market place.
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Question reference: S6W-07707
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it will meet its target of halving the disability employment gap by 2038.
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Question reference: S6W-07878
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its seafood strategy.
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