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-12926
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what public awareness activities it has undertaken to inform people of the correct disposal method for batteries.
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Question reference: S6W-12925
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on battery recycling collection points in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12927
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the separate disposal of batteries from household waste.
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Question reference: S6W-13037
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a dedicated anti-fraud team has been established to tackle potentially fraudulent activity in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme, and when any such team was established.
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Question reference: S6F-01661
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2022
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported warnings that the implementation of the Deposit Return Scheme will be "ruinous for consumers and businesses".
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Question reference: S6W-12879
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people in Scotland have claimed unemployment-related benefits in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age group and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12878
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many companies are currently accredited to carry out home insulation work in each local authority area in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-12883
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many homes in Scotland have been insulated with support from government funding in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-12767
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons it can learn from the reported use of an expert working group during the introduction of the UK Aggregates Levy, and whether it will consider establishing a similar working group during the introduction of a Scottish Aggregates Levy.
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Question reference: S6W-12882
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland patients in each NHS board have been referred for surgical treatment in the rest of the UK in each of the last five years.
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