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-12539
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many social homes it has built in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12217
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the number of people employed in the creative industries sector has changed between 2018, when it was reportedly 87,000, and 2022, and what the employment figures in the sector represent as a percentage of total employment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-12213
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many foreign trips for its ministers are planned in the next six months; how many air miles in total these trips will cover, and what the total estimated cost of the trips is.
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Question reference: S6W-12219
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current nurse retention rate is, given as a percentage, for nurses who completed a funded degree programme in nursing and midwifery in 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12214
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on its Creative Communities programme in the last year.
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Question reference: S6W-12216
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the National Partnership for Culture is progressing, and whether it will provide examples of any opportunities that it has identified to date for individuals and organisations.
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Question reference: S6O-01621
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many pharmacists have been recruited into primary care since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-12215
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its "work on making the culture and heritage sector part of Scotland as a Fair Work Nation by 2025".
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Question reference: S6W-11750
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what incentives it has introduced to encourage (a) more GPs to work in rural practices and (b) doctors to take up positions in practices and hospitals rather than working as locums.
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Question reference: S6W-11751
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done (a) regarding workforce planning and (b) to increase the number of places for Scottish students to study medicine in response to the reports of a shortage of GPs and other doctors.
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