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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 July 2024
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Question reference: S5W-33028

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances eight-year-olds are required to wear face coverings, broken down by the environments in which these requirements exist.

Question reference: S5W-33027

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether eight-year-olds are required to wear face coverings when entering and exiting buildings, including sports centres.

Question reference: S5W-33188

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32683 by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020, on what date it received Scottish Water's 2019-20 annual accounts.

Question reference: S5W-33118

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32560 by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2020, for what reason no Equalities Impact Assessment, Business Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Appraisal have been undertaken for the proposals set out in its technical consultation on amendments to housing planning policy.

Question reference: S5W-33102

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart: on 16 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what the eligibility criteria are for (a) mandatory and (b) discretionary grants to pay for home aids and adaptions in the (i) Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 and (ii) Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 (Scheme of Assistance) Regulations 2008.

Question reference: S5W-32861

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether scheduled surgeries within private hospitals will still be allowed to go ahead under its COVID-19 Strategic Framework, and, if so, how this will be applied in each of the five tiers.    

Question reference: S5W-33114

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available for tenement properties that require urgent repair.

Question reference: S5W-33113

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated to each local authority for improvement and repair grants in each year since 2007.

Question reference: S5W-32645

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 October 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to commence its consultation on the provision of short-term mobility aids with health and social care partnerships; when it expects this consultation to conclude; when it aims to issue final guidance on provision to partnerships, and from what date it expects this guidance to come into effect.

Question reference: S5W-32530

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 October 2020
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 11 November 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what the purpose was of the meeting between the First Minister and the former Chief of Staff to Alex Salmond, Geoff Aberdein, on 29 March 2018, and who arranged it.