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-29348
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will enforce the regulations regarding returning to work following the COVID-19 lockdown period.
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Question reference: S5W-29349
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will increase the capacity of the local authority environmental health services to help enforce the regulations following the COVID-19 lockdown period.
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Question reference: S5W-29350
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the data and methodology that it used to underpin the Silver Swan pandemic planning exercise.
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Question reference: S5W-29541
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 4 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place for the mental health of people who are shielding from COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-29364
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many self-catering units have (a) applied for and (b) received a Small Business Grant, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-29433
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional financial support it has given to its rail franchise operators to allow them to respond to the financial pressures arising from a loss of customer income as a result of COVID-19, and in what form any such support was provided.
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Question reference: S5W-29422
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has provided specifically to meet the cost of the £60 million of support for meeting business water bills that it announced on 23 March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-29426
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the borrowing it makes available to Scottish Water is specifically to support capital expenditure or is general revenue support, and whether the aims of this is to benefit customers or households or business customers only.
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Question reference: S5W-29434
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional financial support it has given to bus operators to allow them to respond to the loss of concessionary fare and other customers as a result of COVID-19, and in what form any such support was provided.
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Question reference: S5W-29285
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications it has received in respect of the Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Business Grant Scheme, broken down by industry sector, and also by first and subsequent properties.
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