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: S5W-33855
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received offers of public health messaging support from third sector organisations encouraging at-risk groups to take up the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5O-04913
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that marine life is protected in the development of offshore wind farms.
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Question reference: S5W-33888
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, under which schemes it provides interest-free loans to improve the energy efficiency of public sector buildings, and how many of these loans have been (a) approved and (b) rejected for projects in (i) schools and (ii) nurseries in the financial year (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-33885
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on work to develop a new benchmark standard for new public buildings to ensure that heating systems are renewable or zero carbon, and from which date this benchmark will be set.
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Question reference: S5W-33862
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32307 by Richard Lochhead on 19 October 2020, whether it can now confirm whether this information will be shared with the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
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Question reference: S5W-33863
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32308 by Richard Lochhead on 20 October 2020, whether it will confirm when the 2019-20 data will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-33886
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authority school buildings meet the target for schools replaced or upgraded through the Learning Estate Investment Programme.
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Question reference: S5W-33887
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, of the projects delivered through Scotland’s Schools for the Future programme, how many are (a) energy efficient and (b) net-zero.
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Question reference: S5W-33536
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32993 by John Swinney on 19 November 2020, which local authorities have still to submit returns and what the reason is for this, and whether it will place a copy of the responses that it has received from all local authorities in SPICe.
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Question reference: S5W-33535
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will be able to confirm whether its commitment for all schools to have access to counselling services by the end of October 2020 was met.