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-21175
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what inspection programme is in place to review the quality of temporary accommodation.
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Question reference: S6W-21184
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the long-term rent controls proposed in its Programme for Government 2023-24 will apply to all housing sectors, or to specified sectors only.
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Question reference: S6W-21188
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress towards the publication of updated Planning Advice Note 62 guidance to support telecommunications providers in building both 4G and 5G infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-21171
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 25 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the report by Shelter Scotland, Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points.
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Question reference: S6W-20566
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of fraudulent applications have been detected by Social Security Scotland in each year since it was formed, and how much public money was estimated to be paid in each year as a result of such applications.
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Question reference: S6W-21190
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how much funding has been made available by NHS boards for hospices in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) hospice.
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Question reference: S6W-21182
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authorities have expressed concerns to it regarding their future financial sustainability, and, if so, which ones.
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Question reference: S6W-21187
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to the implementation and delivery of its Palliative and End of Life Care Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-21189
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress towards the health and social care elements in its 2019 publication, 5G: strategy for Scotland, particularly those relating to the adoption of 5G in hospitals and care settings.
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Question reference: S6W-21183
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities its ministers have met with to discuss any concerns regarding their future financial sustainability.
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