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-03167
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) replaced the Lowit Unit at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, which closed in 2014, and what analysis it has carried out of their effectiveness.
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Question reference: S6W-03277
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some suppliers of smoke and fire alarms that are compliant with the new regulations are experiencing unprecedented demand and have limited stock, and what its position is on whether insufficient stock could affect compliance with the regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-03278
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help older and vulnerable people comply with the new regulations on fire and smoke alarms, and what its response is to reports of scammers and rogue traders attempting to capitalise on the introduction of the regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-03166
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase participation in sports by disabled people, and what its response is to reports that the current rate of participation is low.
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Question reference: S6W-03048
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with businesses regarding the fund to support pilots of a four-day working week; how this funding will be used to support the pilots, and when it anticipates the first pilots will begin.
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Question reference: S6W-03047
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report commissioned by Scottish Women in Sport, which found that only 20% of women fill the most senior roles in sports clubs and associations, what action it is taking to encourage more women into leadership roles in sport.
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Question reference: S6W-03049
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the proposal in its Programme for Government, whether it will provide further details of the short-life Business Purpose Commission for Scotland, including the Commission’s (a) chair, (b) membership and (c) remit.
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Question reference: S6W-02900
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish the Just Transition Plan for the energy sector.
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Question reference: S6W-03174
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what direction it has provided to local authorities regarding the model of delivery for the school counselling services that they have been asked to implement.
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Question reference: S6W-03052
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide data on non-attendances for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in NHS Grampian between April and June 2021.
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