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-03054
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a review was carried out of post-diagnosis dementia services in the first four months of 2021, as mentioned in the Dementia and COVID-19 national action plan.
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Question reference: S6W-03055
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) have and (b) have not received post-dementia diagnostic support from a named link worker in each year since 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-03012
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) for its short-term lets licensing scheme and planning control area legislation, what cases and evidence there are to support the assertion that short-term let accommodation in Scotland is used “for criminal enterprises (such drug dealing, sex trafficking etc.), with or without the collusion of the host”.
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Question reference: S6W-03053
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many link workers for post-dementia diagnostic support have been recruited in each year since 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-02818
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House fire will commence.
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Question reference: S6W-02819
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates the preliminary hearings for the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House fire will be held.
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Question reference: S6W-02817
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a sheriff has been identified to preside over the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House fire.
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Question reference: S6W-02820
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government in which court the fatal accident inquiry into the Cameron House fire will be called.
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Question reference: S6W-02471
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many special advisers there are, broken down by salary scale, and how this compares with each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-02466
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 28 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the recently-appointed Strategic Policy and Political Adviser to the First Minister is receiving the same salary as she did in her role as Chief of Staff, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.