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: S6O-01404
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent ballot for industrial action by members of the Educational Institute of Scotland trade union.
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Question reference: S6W-10525
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that charities that normally qualify for water charge rebates, but were involved in dispersing grants in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, have had their turnover artificially inflated to above £300,000, meaning they no longer qualify, and whether it will undertake to provide an exemption in such cases.
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Question reference: S6W-10605
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason annual house completion rates (combining private and social housing) per 100,000 population in the Glasgow City Council area have reportedly not recovered to pre-2008 levels and continue to lag behind rates in other Scottish cities.
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Question reference: S6W-10451
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Project Neptune report will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-10316
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to businesses to pursue innovation, in light of UK Innovation Survey 2021 data showing that 39% of businesses in Scotland were innovation active in 2018-20 compared to 44.9% for the UK as a whole.
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Question reference: S6W-10954
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the current members of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund Investment Panel.
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Question reference: S6W-10937
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of registered social landlords merging there have been in the Glasgow region since (a) 2014 and (b) 2010.
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Question reference: S6W-10935
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether the Scottish Housing Regulator is aware of Reidvale Housing Association's strategic options appraisal, and what action it can take to ensure the regulator publishes any such document on its website.
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Question reference: S6W-10936
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what responsibilities community-owned housing associations have to provide their members and service users with details of proposed mergers.
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Question reference: S6W-10416
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provided to Scottish Canals in the transition to its change of status to a non-departmental public body.