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: S5W-31670
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what checks it makes of the standard of PPE supplied to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities, and whether all PPE provided during the COVID-19 outbreak has been to the required standard.
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Question reference: S5W-31671
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether any PPE supplied to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities during the COVID-19 outbreak has not met the required standard and, if so, what was done with it.
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Question reference: S5W-31668
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the required standard of PPE has been in relation to protecting (a) NHS and (b) local authority staff during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-31041
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 23 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has reportedly decided not to replace the role of lead infection control nurse at the Gartnavel campus in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S5W-32285
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been delivered by the Scottish National Investment Bank this year to support economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how this has been allocated.
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Question reference: S5W-32286
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what portfolios in the Scottish Budget have been impacted by the reprioritisation of £142 million in the Autumn Budget Revision.
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Question reference: S5W-32059
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will provide to food banks in each local authority in 2020-21; how much has been allocated in the financial year to date, and how much it plans to provide in 2021-22, also broken down by the amount for each food bank receiving direct assistance.
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Question reference: S5W-32060
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to provide financial assistance to the Independent Food Aid Network.
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Question reference: S5W-32026
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what employment support programmes were in place prior to those created as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by the (a) group that the programme targets, (b) budget for the programme in each year that it has been running, (c) number of programme participants and (d) number of participants who went on to find employment.
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Question reference: S5W-32028
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what new employment support programmes have been created to response to the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by the (a) group that the programme targets, (b) budget for the programme and (c) anticipated number of participants.