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-16307
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the cost of studying for a diploma in legal practice.
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Question reference: S5W-16341
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in dealing with the appeal from WH Malcolm regarding a proposed gasification plant in Scotstoun, which was called in by ministers in October 2016; for what reason it has not met its target of issuing a decision within three months; by what date it will announce its decision, and which ministers will be involved in reaching this.
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Question reference: S5W-16380
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received a grant from the Warm Homes Scotland scheme each year.
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Question reference: S5W-16349
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) private sector landlords and (b) owner-occupier households have used the Home Energy Scotland loan scheme each year.
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Question reference: S5W-16304
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 10 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-16012 by Alasdair Allan on 26 April 2018, whether any of the people who identified their ethnic group as "Caribbean or Black" or "African" have approached it to (a) discuss concerns regarding the threat of possible deportation and (b) advise that they have been refused access to health care or services in Scotland and, if so, how many and what action it took.
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Question reference: S5W-15987
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 May 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on not using the mobility test 20-metre threshold as an assessment tool for Personal Independence Payments when this benefit is devolved.
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Question reference: S5W-15846
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had had with Police Scotland regarding the force using mobile phone data that has not been collected (a) through a warrant and (b) under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
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Question reference: S5W-15845
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the police searching mobile phones without (a) a warrant and (b) having the power to do so under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
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Question reference: S5W-15801
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many social houses have been refurbished in each year since 2000.
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Question reference: S5W-15793
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 April 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 April 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of people using the Help to Buy scheme are first-time buyers.