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-28041
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 20 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how its Food Fund will operate and who will be eligible to apply.
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Question reference: S5W-28124
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 20 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide personal protective equipment for funeral directors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28146
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with supermarkets regarding prioritising older and vulnerable people for deliveries during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28091
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the self-catering tourism sector has been excluded from grant assistance from the Business Support Fund that has been set up to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-27976
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 17 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many intensive care beds there are in each NHS board area.
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Question reference: S5W-27960
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital beds will be required to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-27963
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency planning is in place if there is an insufficient number of hospital beds to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-27952
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which GP surgeries will test people for the extension of testing for COVID-19 that was announced on 15 March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-28037
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 14 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will provide to third sector organisations that experience a substantial decline in fundraising income due to the cancellation of large-scale income-generating events as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28123
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up of childcare has been in response to the COVID-19 outbreak by each type of key worker, broken down by industry sector.
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