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: S4W-23463
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 December 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 15 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many residential properties have been retrofitted for energy efficiency through the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland scheme, broken down by (a) year and (b) local authority.
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Question reference: S4O-03803
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of an aging population on pensioners' rights.
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Question reference: S4O-03783
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2014
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to support local authorities in meeting demand for care home provision.
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Question reference: S4W-23144
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 26 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on projections from the National Records of Scotland that, by 2037, a third of all households will be headed by someone aged over 65 and the number of people living alone is set to rise by 51%.
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Question reference: S4W-23006
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that sufficient numbers of social rented housing projects are identified in local plan allocations for specific sites.
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Question reference: S4W-23004
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that sufficient, appropriate owner-occupied housing for older people is constructed.
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Question reference: S4W-23007
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on local authorities identifying a proportion of social rented properties for older people when major developments are proposed by private developers.
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Question reference: S4W-23005
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 21 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that local authorities prepare policies to support the delivery of appropriate owner-occupied housing for older people and allocate specific sites, as specified in paragraph 132 of the Scottish Planning Policy.
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Question reference: S4W-22888
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 October 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how it defines adjacency in relation to planning policy.
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Question reference: S4O-03692
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 November 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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