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-07626
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm that examinations will still proceed in the event of increases in COVID-19 cases within the school estate.
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Question reference: S6W-07494
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase access to regular pacemaker check-ups that may have been missed due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-07495
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support needs (ASN) schools have been built in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07497
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how long on average a young person currently has to wait for a diagnosis for additional support needs (ASN).
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Question reference: S6W-07496
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people are currently waiting for an additional support needs (ASN) diagnosis in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-07498
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have recently reviewed their additional support needs (ASN) policy.
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Question reference: S6O-00936
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce the same proposals as the UK Government that will remove unsafe cladding from all medium- or high-rise buildings.
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Question reference: S6O-00835
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns expressed by homeowners over the delay to help residents in homes with unsafe cladding.
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Question reference: S6O-00749
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons school pupils taking examinations in some subjects, such as business or geography, will reportedly receive advance notice of what content will or will not be assessed, while those taking other subjects, such as chemistry, will receive no advance notice.
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Question reference: S6W-04884
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the 11,000 hectares, which have reportedly been planted with trees in the last year, were planted as (a) commercial forestry, (b) agroforestry and (c) private/community woodland.
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