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-35301
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the take-up of the Scottish Child Payment.
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Question reference: S5W-35158
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what scope there is to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S5W-35157
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the rationale is for the COVID-19 vaccination programme timetable, and what its response is to reports that members of some frontline groups, including police officers and firefighters, have not been given priority grouping.
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Question reference: S5W-35445
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates the ending of the Help to Buy scheme and a 70% reduction in funding for the First Home Fund will have on social housing requirements and the private rented sector.
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Question reference: S5W-35442
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a 70% reduction in funding, how many households the First Home Fund will assist to buy their own home in 2021-22, and how this compares with 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-35439
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether any Financial Transactions arising from the UK Budget will be allocated to the First Home Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-35444
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the First Minister’s statement on the Programme for Government on 1 September 2020 that “investment in housing is also an investment in our economy, in jobs and in our communities” (Official Report, c. 22), how ending the Help to Buy scheme and a 70% reduction in funding for the First Home Fund supports this position.
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Question reference: S5W-35441
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how long it anticipates the First Home Fund will remain open in 2021-22, in light of a 70% reduction in budget allocation and previous demand.
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Question reference: S5W-35440
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact analysis in relation to demand and associated economic impact it conducted in advance of its decisions on its Budget and the Help to Buy and First Home Fund schemes.
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Question reference: S5W-35443
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what change in economic impact it anticipates as a result of a 70% reduction in funding for the First Home Fund in 2021-22, compared with 2020-21.
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