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-14827
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support local authorities in efforts to repair older public buildings for continued use.
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Question reference: S6W-14833
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to closely and transparently collaborate with local authorities to ensure that the new schools investment funding model is properly managed.
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Question reference: S6W-15326
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the 2022 Scottish teacher census, which showed that there had been a reduction in teacher numbers in North Ayrshire, compared with 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-14834
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review whether the Scottish Futures Trust is ideally placed and qualified to manage the Learning Estate Investment Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-15025
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with CalMac regarding employment conditions on its vessels, chartered from CMAL, which are operating on routes on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network.
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Question reference: S6W-15026
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on time chartering vessels, including catamarans, to provide additional capacity on the current Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract.
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Question reference: S6W-14768
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding the decision taken by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to close Radnor House site in Clydebank.
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Question reference: S6W-14767
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing with Social Security Scotland to develop contingency measures for the redeployment of any staff who face redundancy following the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) closure of the Radnor House site in Clydebank.
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Question reference: S6W-14845
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what strategies it has put in place to ensure that local authorities have the in-house capability and capacity to identify current and future community needs and infrastructure requirements.
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Question reference: S6W-14844
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to propose any updates to the Prudential Code in relation to local authorities' financing of costs incurred under public private partnerships (PPPs), including any requirements regarding transparency.