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-06941
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding opportunities exist for people applying for Masters level courses in social work at Scottish universities to ensure that all fees can be met without placing financial burden on them.
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Question reference: S6W-06366
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how many CO2 monitoring sensors are currently deployed across schools; what proportion of these have a maximum operating range of 2,000ppm, and whether it has made any recommendations on the maximum operating range of such sensors.
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Question reference: S6W-06576
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to introduce a regulatory system regarding electric vehicle charging point tariffs.
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Question reference: S6W-07025
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to reduce waiting times for audiologist tests to obtain NHS hearing aids.
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Question reference: S6W-06942
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether people should be encouraged to pursue careers in social work, and how it will address reported concerns that too many challenges face people actively trying to gain more qualifications in the field.
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Question reference: S6W-07001
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish a new NHS workforce plan, and whether it has engaged with the Neurological Alliance of Scotland in relation to any workforce planning regarding multiple sclerosis.
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Question reference: S6W-06355
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 28 January 2022, what it means when it states that 2% to 4% of learning, teaching and play spaces have “so far” fallen into the problematic category; whether work is therefore still ongoing to establish whether there are more spaces that fall within this category, and whether it will provide an account of the margin for error.
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Question reference: S6W-07365
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the short life working group considering ways to reduce health inequalities through action in primary care.
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Question reference: S6W-07013
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently waiting for hip or knee replacement surgery in each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-07014
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have currently been waiting over (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years for hip or knee replacement surgery, also broken down by NHS board.