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: S5F-01671
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2017
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government plans to take to help families faced with financial hardship should interest rates rise.
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Question reference: S5W-11708
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it tracks the progress of the Race Equality Framework for Scotland, and what progress has been made since the framework's launch.
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Question reference: S5W-11711
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the social concept "white privilege" is relevant to its work regarding the Race Equality Framework for Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-11746
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the take-up has been of the New Supply Shared Equity (NSEE) scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-11747
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend the Help to Buy scheme beyond 2019.
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Question reference: S5W-11710
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that English language classes are available to (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers.
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Question reference: S5W-11743
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Syrian refugees receive the support required under the refugees action plan, and what plans it has to review whether the support offered by the assigned integration support teams is meeting their needs.
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Question reference: S5F-01613
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2017
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will undertake a national audit of the number of people who are rough sleeping.
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Question reference: S5W-11256
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what accountability the Glasgow Colleges Regional Board has to ministers; what role it plays in appointments to the board and the other senior executive positions at the college, and what its position is on the salaries paid to the board and the other senior executive positions.
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Question reference: S5W-10937
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 12 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has reimbursed local authorities under the Scottish Welfare Fund scheme, Assistance with Housing Costs for 18-21 year olds.