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-07484
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the potential introduction of a national garden waste tax.
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Question reference: S6W-07389
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the reported £290 million that it will receive in Barnett consequentials, as a result of UK Government spending in relation to energy bills and council tax, will be spent on.
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Question reference: S6W-07285
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its ministers will personally pay the Workplace Parking Levy for their ministerial cars.
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Question reference: S6W-07261
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many playparks have been replaced or refurbished by local authorities in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07268
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people have been diagnosed with adoption trauma in Scotland in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07259
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much each local authority has spent on repairing potholes in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07276
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many children have attended outdoor education centres in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-07271
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment or estimate it has made of the amount of asbestos in publicly-owned buildings in each local authority area, and what information it has on any equivalent estimates for non-publicly-owned buildings.
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Question reference: S6W-07384
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to incorporate the Armed Forces Covenant into law in relation to (a) local government, (b) the NHS and (c) other devolved public bodies in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07290
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many people registered as homeless have undergone cancer screening in each year since 1999.
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