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-09955
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many ScotRail staff have reported being assaulted in the period since April 2022; whether it holds records on how many assaults on ScotRail staff were reported in each year since 2016 and, if so, whether it will provide this data, and what measures it has taken since ScotRail's nationalisation to reduce the number of assaults on staff.
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Question reference: S6W-10002
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its strategy is to deliver public advice and messaging regarding a transition to renewable heat sources in order to ensure that homeowners can access comprehensive advice in relation to the decarbonisation of homes.
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Question reference: S6W-09918
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of any budgetary pressures, it plans to maintain its proposed Islands Bond at the same financial level and ensure that the number of bonds available remains the same.
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Question reference: S6W-09943
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its target headcount is for the civil service in Scotland, in light of its reported aim to return to pre-COVID-19 staffing levels.
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Question reference: S6W-09898
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is working with local authorities and other partners to facilitate so-called warm banks, as part of its response to the cost-of-living crisis and winter preparedness.
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Question reference: S6W-09864
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether hernia mesh patients can experience similar complications and pain issues as those who have had transvaginal mesh implants.
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Question reference: S6W-10064
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to teaching in schools regarding relationships and domestic abuse, in light of a report from the YWCA reportedly stating that over a third of young women had been in an intimate relationship with someone who had harmed them physically or emotionally.
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Question reference: S6W-09899
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to ensure that care homes are suitable environments for (a) staff and (b) residents who are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of heat.
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Question reference: S6W-10091
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that local authorities will continue to implement the content of their respective local strategies on autism, as was set out in its recently concluded 10-year Scottish Strategy for Autism.
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Question reference: S6W-09793
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the latest data is on what percentage of individuals admitted to NHS Scotland are assessed for venous thromboembolism.