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-06460
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05805 by Patrick Harvie on 3 February 2022, for what reason it has not included biofuels in the list of options that may be of particular benefit to households living in rural and island areas whose homes are not suitable for heat pumps.
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Question reference: S6W-06508
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has (a) redundancy and (b) voluntary severance cost each NHS board, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06526
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what development programmes it is considering as part of its international development aid.
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Question reference: S6W-06527
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the review process of its development programmes and small grants programmes in Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda and Pakistan.
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Question reference: S6W-06603
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support and progress the recommendation of the Virtual Trials National Project Board that specialist online courts be set up to tackle domestic abuse cases.
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Question reference: S6W-06538
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much of the £375 million committed to support businesses impacted by COVID-19 has been allocated, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how it has been distributed.
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Question reference: S6W-06293
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has commissioned work to establish the (a) set-up and (b) running costs of a National Care Service, and what (i) other assessment it has made of these costs and (ii) it estimates these costs will be.
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Question reference: S6W-06657
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason nightclubs are reportedly being refused grants from the Nightclub Closure Fund on the basis that their music is not louder than 85 decibels.
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Question reference: S6W-06337
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the net benefit figure for Business, in table 2 of annex F of the publication, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland: Final Business Regulatory Impact Assessment, of £333 million is calculated as the sum of -£1,291 and £920 million, and, if so, whether the figure is correct, and, if not, how the figure is calculated.
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Question reference: S6W-06307
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether people with neuromuscular conditions are eligible for anti-viral medication if they contract COVID-19.
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