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-05333
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) small and (b) large retailers it estimates have a 24-month preparedness time, as indicated in the Deposit Return Scheme Gateway Review.
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Question reference: S6W-05231
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity was aware that Circularity Scotland reportedly issued procurement documentation for a deposit return system with a launch date of summer 2023, prior to her statement to the Parliament on 14 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05061
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances there have been of hazardous soils being subject to the lower rate of Scottish Landfill Tax since its introduction in 2015, and what the total quantity of soil was for all of these instances.
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Question reference: S6W-04908
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided towards research on (a) strokes, (b) heart disease, (c) cancer, (d) hearing loss and (e) sight loss in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-04912
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) prisoners and (b) staff have received COVID-19 tests in each prison in each month since April 2020, and how many test results were (i) negative and (ii) positive.
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Question reference: S6W-05200
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04807 by Lorna Slater on 14 December 2021, whether, as part of its work on a route map, it will consider moving from weight-based to carbon-based recycling targets for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05060
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that landfill tax has had on reducing the quantity of waste soil that has gone to landfill since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-04910
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) injury and (b) non-injury road accidents on the A90 between Dundee and Stonehaven have been reported in each quarter since 1 April 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-04911
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been killed in road accidents on the A90 between Dundee and Stonehaven in each quarter since 1 April 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-05058
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-03668 by Kevin Stewart on 10 October 2019, whether it will provide information on the level of readiness to comply with the delayed ban on waste to landfill, broken down by local authority.
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