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-04426
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the community alarm charge is in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-04424
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 29 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken in response to reports that fewer disabled people are accessing employment opportunities in Scotland, compared with other parts of the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-04416
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it can provide on the levels of financial fraud that have been detected since the establishment of Social Security Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-04417
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been declared homeless in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-04419
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been removed from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists under the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) model, broken down by NHS Board.
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Question reference: S6W-04415
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many first-time buyers it has offered financial support to in each year since 2007, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-04422
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 24 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for benefits have been rejected by Social Security Scotland, broken down by the type of benefit that was applied for.
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Question reference: S6W-04420
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 24 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Best Start Grant Pregnancy and Baby Payments have been made in each year since the scheme was established.
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Question reference: S6W-04421
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will deliver on The Promise that it made to care experienced young people.
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Question reference: S6W-04180
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported figures suggesting that the cumulative excess summer mortality per 100,000 people was higher in 2021 than in each of the preceding 40 years.
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