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: S5W-31667
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns that its plans for chronic pain services announced in the 2020-21 Programme for Government, which refer to building “on the value of [the] self-management” of such conditions and reducing “long-term reliance on specialist services and treatments”, might lead to a reduction in services, and how this approach could impact on people who have not had access to specialist clinics since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-31732
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much each local authority has spent on repairing pot holes in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31738
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost has been of journeys using the ministerial car pool in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31736
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many grants have been provided by Scottish Enterprise to life-science companies in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31735
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many companies are in the pipeline to receive support funding from Scottish Enterprise.
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Question reference: S5W-31730
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many companies have been awarded R&D grants by Scottish Enterprise in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31733
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what resources are available to Scottish Enterprise to provide grants in 2020-21.
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Question reference: S5W-31724
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many children have been refused support by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-31737
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many journeys using the ministerial car pool there have been in each year since 2007, broken down by minister.
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Question reference: S5W-31734
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been awarded by Scottish Enterprise in business grants in each year since 2007.
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