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-07589
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase mileage allowance for social care workers, in light of the rising cost of petrol and diesel.
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Question reference: S6W-07588
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to re-examine fuel allowance payments for social care workers, in light of reports that most social care workers have not had an increase for almost seven years.
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Question reference: S6W-07591
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether social care workers are subsidising the cost of travel as a result of the rise in cost of petrol and diesel.
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Question reference: S6W-07607
- Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what biodiversity goals it is considering in advance of the UN Biodiversity Conference in April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-07544
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 2020 Cumberford-Little Report, One Tertiary System: Agile, Collaborative, Inclusive, and what, if any, workstreams it is developing to progress the recommendations in the report.
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Question reference: S6W-07675
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what help is available to children and young people who have been waiting 52 weeks or more for treatment on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists, in light of reported figures from Public Health Scotland stating that there were 1,570 such children in the month ending 31 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07253
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the running cost was for each of its directorates in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07601
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any discussions with Starlink satellite service regarding the pricing structure to ensure that the £5,000 main voucher portion of the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme can be used to access this service.
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Question reference: S6W-07600
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the £5,000 main voucher portion of the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme can currently be used to access the Starlink satellite service.
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Question reference: S6W-07527
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many suppliers were approached under the Quick Quote process to bid for the contract to produce national lived experience research relating to the current support service provision and needs of service users with lived experience of prostitution in Scotland (Contract reference no: JAN438058); how many suppliers submitted bids for the contract, and whether it will publish the criteria by which bids were assessed.
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