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-09976
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will address reported concerns from unpaid carers regarding access to free COVID-19 lateral flow tests.
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Question reference: S6W-09998
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a Fit and Proper Person Test for park owners and managers will be introduced, and, if so, when this will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-10007
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the volume of carbon emissions associated with the electrification of Scotland's rail network, as set out on page 8 of the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan, by 2035.
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Question reference: S6W-10128
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it has delivered in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S6W-09753
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09208 by Ash Regan on 30 June 2022, whether it will clarify what constitutes its "risk based approach"; what buildings are classified as at risk, and what evidence it is using to both inform and justify this risked-based approach.
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Question reference: S6W-09860
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) raise the profile of social work and (b) improve the public understanding of the role and impact of social workers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-09982
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available for people seeking to buy a new electric vehicle.
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Question reference: S6W-09979
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether people over 75 will have access to free COVID-19 lateral flow tests in order to protect them from the spread of the virus.
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Question reference: S6W-09875
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how (a) it and (b) Zero Waste Scotland (i) use and (ii) plan to use the Carbon Metric for waste to support the reduction of environmental impacts of waste management.
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Question reference: S6W-09833
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries there are and what percentage of those have dedicated mental health professionals; and how many (a) additional mental health professionals in GP surgeries have been recruited under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 and (b) mental health professionals in total are based in GP surgeries, as of 1 April 2022.
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