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-10166
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to expanding free nursery provision at the age of two to children in receipt of Disability Living Allowance.
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Question reference: S6W-10150
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements it has made to ensure that Ukrainian refugees have access to local dental treatment and GP practices.
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Question reference: S6W-10146
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish government whether it has taken action to ensure timely access to COVID-19 vaccination for any Ukrainian refugee who wishes to be vaccinated.
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Question reference: S6W-10115
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported unscheduled closures of community pharmacies, what discussions it has had with (a) pharmacists and (b) pharmacy associations since 1 January 2022 regarding any concerns expressed by pharmacists on this issue.
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Question reference: S6W-10076
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers to be a sustainable deer population level in Scotland to meet Scottish Biodiversity Strategy targets for 2030 when numbers are reduced as planned from the current population of 1 million animals.
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Question reference: S6W-10072
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement by the Minister for Drugs Policy on Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) standards on 23 June 2022, when funding for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs) to meet MAT standards was confirmed, and when ADPs received this funding into relevant bank accounts.
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Question reference: S6W-10122
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data it has on the emissions savings that it anticipates will be achieved, should all new builds require to be fitted with alternatives to direct emissions heating systems, such as those run on fossil fuel, from 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-10045
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time equivalent care co-ordinator roles have been created to date in each territorial NHS board area; whether these are new and additional posts, and how many have been filled.
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Question reference: S6W-10124
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the electricity grid will have capacity to cope with demand, should its proposed ban on the use of direct emissions heating systems in new-build properties from 2024 be put in place; whether it will provide any data it has on the matter; what action it is taking to ensure that the electricity grid would be able to meet that demand; what the cost of any such action is, and who it anticipates will bear any such cost.
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Question reference: S6W-10121
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what type of heating systems it will require builders of new buildings to install in place of fossil fuel heating from 2024, should its proposed ban on the use of direct emissions heating systems, such as those run on fossil fuel, in new-build properties be put in place; whether it will provide any data it has on how many of the existing workforce are already trained to fit any such systems; what action it is taking to retrain those already in the industry to fit any such systems; which courses it anticipates will be required at colleges to train new people to the industry to fit and maintain units required for any such systems; how many places on any such courses will (a) be made available and (b) require to be filled to meet workforce demand, and, if none of this information has yet been documented, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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