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-02414
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a (a) timeline of the work that (i) it and (ii) partner agencies have undertaken on the edoc waste monitoring system referenced in the strategy, Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland, and (b) breakdown of the costs of this work, including (A) staff time and (B) costs from partner agencies.
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Question reference: S6W-02430
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what risk assessment it has carried out regarding whether the Household Recycling Charter can deliver increased recycling rates in line with the targets set.
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Question reference: S6W-02274
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the costs of tackling littering in each local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-02162
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the percentage of the public that have had an awareness of the Recycle for Scotland brand in each year since the baseline estimate in 2014-15.
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Question reference: S6W-02172
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which energy from waste plants are monitoring their CO2 emissions.
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Question reference: S6W-02170
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of any pilot or other exploratory schemes that have been undertaken on the biostabilisation of waste being sent to landfill.
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Question reference: S6W-02163
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many visits there have been to the Recycle for Scotland website in each year since 2014-15.
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Question reference: S6W-02175
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many current incineration operators have indicated that they have set aside funds to offset the costs of decommissioning their sites should they go out of business.
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Question reference: S6W-02176
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all incinerators in Scotland broken down by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) decile of the area they are located in.
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Question reference: S6W-02173
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the current energy from waste efficiency rating is of each incineration plant in Scotland, and how this compares with the efficiency rating stated at the planning/approval stage for each plant.
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