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-05995
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received funding through Individual Training Accounts in each year since their inception.
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Question reference: S6W-06003
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a definition, criteria and public guidance in relation to climate-friendly, sustainable and healthy diets, and whether these will be developed by September 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-05755
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to de-risk net zero projects.
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Question reference: S6W-06011
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish a substantive and cross-governmental response to the 81 specific recommendations of Scotland’s Climate Assembly.
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Question reference: S6W-05753
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will produce, by September 2022, a joint net zero delivery framework with local authorities, which identifies roles, and the funding and resources required, to deliver net zero and create climate resilient places.
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Question reference: S6W-05756
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what role Audit Scotland has in ensuring that the climate emergency is included as a corporate priority in public sector organisations, and what resources and funding are allocated for the purpose of carrying out any such role.
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Question reference: S6W-05815
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its ministers responsible for energy and planning have conducted a review into the energy consenting process.
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Question reference: S6W-05812
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether infrastructure spending within its 2022-23 draft Budget and the Infrastructure Investment Plan will be informed by its guidance on active carbon management.
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Question reference: S6W-05998
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times it has met the Scotch Whisky Association since June 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05784
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to enforce the incorporation of whole life carbon into the costing of all public sector investment and spending decisions.
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