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-08642
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Scotland to date, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-08634
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what procedures are in place to determine where people arriving in Scotland from Ukraine, under its Super Sponsor scheme, are located.
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Question reference: S6W-08637
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what dialogue it has with organisations representing families who have offered to host Ukrainian refugees.
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Question reference: S6W-08635
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether people arriving in Scotland from Ukraine under its Super Sponsor scheme are consulted on their preference for which part of the country they are to be resettled, and, if so, how their wishes are taken into account.
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Question reference: S6W-08826
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will provide a substantive answer to question S6W-04695, which received a holding response on 13 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-08594
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendation in the Independent Report from the National Partnership for Culture, published in March 2022, that a dedicated cultural referral system, which relates to the cultural funding stream, should be included in the health portfolio.
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Question reference: S6W-08593
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendation in the Independent Report from the National Partnership for Culture, published in March 2022, that a dedicated funding stream for culture initiatives should be developed within the health portfolio.
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Question reference: S6W-08545
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in (a) South Ayrshire and (b) East Ayrshire who have been found guilty of child abuse since 2010 were not given a prison sentence.
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Question reference: S6W-08534
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many theatres will be operational at Carrick Glen Hospital following its reopening.
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Question reference: S6W-08529
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date Carrick Glen Hospital will be fully re-equipped as a hospital focussing on orthopaedics.