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-20322
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 31 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19595 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2023, whether it will provide a breakdown of the types of cyber attack to which Social Security Scotland has been subjected.
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Question reference: S6W-19559
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 31 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any other part of the civil service made use of social media to advertise for the recruitment of paid patient panels to make recommendations on serious health conditions, and, if this is the case, what methods of verification were used, in light of reports that its Clinical Priorities Unit used paid volunteers to make recommendations on treatment pathways for chronic pain, rather than formally diagnosed representatives.
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Question reference: S6W-19595
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) denial of service (DoS) attacks and (b) other forms of cyber attacks Social Security Scotland has been subject to in the last two years.
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Question reference: S6W-19593
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total level of repayment default on the SME Loan Scheme has been since its implementation.
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Question reference: S6W-19598
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Social Security Scotland has ever been financially compromised or experienced any financial loss as a result of cyber attacks.
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Question reference: S6W-19586
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been raised by ports charging an environmental levy for cruise ships in each year since 1999, broken down by port.
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Question reference: S6W-19585
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been raised by ports charging a passenger levy for cruise ships in each year since 1999, broken down by port.
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Question reference: S6W-19600
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with local authorities regarding powers and enforcement to deter businesses from selling vapes and e-cigarettes to underage children, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
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Question reference: S6W-19615
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent reports it has received from NHS boards of women in labour being referred to labour wards outwith their NHS board area to give birth.
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