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-09855
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make funding available in the future to support sporting businesses that may be negatively impacted by any lack of gamebirds and associated financial losses, in light of the avian influenza outbreak.
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Question reference: S6W-09605
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times since January 2019 train services on the Borders Railway between Tweedbank and Edinburgh Waverley have been cancelled for (a) all and (b) part of its journey due to (i) track problems, including signalling and flooding, and (ii) track congestion.
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Question reference: S6W-09604
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02233 by Graeme Dey on 10 September 2021, whether it will provide an update on how many times since January 2019 train services between North Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley have been cancelled for (a) all and (b) part of its journey due to (i) track problems, including signalling and flooding, and (ii) track congestion.
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Question reference: S6W-09589
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 1 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the new East Linton railway station will open, and how many (a) weekday and (b) weekend services it will have.
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Question reference: S6W-09592
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the locations of all "rapid" electric vehicle chargers are in the (a) South Scotland parliamentary region and (b) rest of Scotland, and how the public can find out about these locations.
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Question reference: S6W-09726
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it intends to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards regulations in the private rented sector.
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Question reference: S6W-09485
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve working conditions for social workers in response to the finding in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, that 49% of social workers say they might leave the profession due to high administrative workloads.
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Question reference: S6W-09486
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is (a) recognising social workers and (b) improving public perceptions and understanding of social work, in light of the comments in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, regarding “the need for social work to have stronger representation publicly”.
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Question reference: S6W-09484
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is improving workforce capacity and resources for social workers in response to the finding in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, that more than 70% of social workers are working additional hours, of which 90% are not being paid.
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Question reference: S6W-09487
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is improving workforce capacity and resources for social workers in response to the finding in the Social Work Scotland report, Setting the Bar, that less than 31% of social workers feel that they have the resources needed to fulfil their responsibilities.