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: S6W-11932
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the allocation of the £11.2 million housing support for Ukrainian refugees across local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-11933
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the allocation of the additional £1 million support for Ukrainian refugees across local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-11934
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a timeline of when Historic Environment Scotland expects sites currently closed to the public as part of the high-level masonry programme will reopen, and what information it has on the budgets required to do this.
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Question reference: S6W-11842
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what specific support it has put in place to help unpaid older carers of adults with a learning disability to deal with with the cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6W-11929
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the new £50 million fund for bringing homes back into use has been allocated, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-11765
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11743 by John Swinney on 25 October 2022, what discussions the Deputy First Minister has had with the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture and (b) Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development on the impact of the Emergency Budget Review on the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture portfolio, on what dates any such discussions were held, and what issues were discussed at any such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-11576
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the costs incurred since 22 September 2022 to date, for the Lord Advocate's referral to the Supreme Court.
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Question reference: S6W-11575
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the £113,955.10 spent up until 22 September 2022 on the Lord Advocate's referral to the Supreme Court.
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Question reference: S6W-11413
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minutes from the quarterly meetings of the New Scots Core Group.
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Question reference: S6W-11146
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the decision was taken for the Youth Music Initiative’s funding to be secure as part of the cost of living emergency budget review.