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-19437
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Health and Social Care Partnerships regarding a new long-term national framework for hospice funding, and what the outcome of any such discussions has been.
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Question reference: S6W-19288
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints it has received in each of the last 10 years, from people who rely on medical equipment at home, in relation to power outages.
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Question reference: S6W-19289
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many lawsuits it has discussed or been implicated in, in each of the last 10 years, in relation to alleged assaults of airport workers, both publicly and privately employed.
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Question reference: S6W-19128
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review and develop how individual carer support plans are used.
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Question reference: S6W-19406
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered implementing a car and motorcycle scrappage scheme for any non-compliant vehicles of key workers travelling into Low Emission Zones.
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Question reference: S6W-19407
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it has made for exemptions or compensation for key workers travelling into Low Emission Zones.
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Question reference: S6W-19118
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions ministers have had with public and private agents regarding attacks or assaults on publicly and privately employed airport staff, including those that have not resulted in formal criminal or civil charges, and what information it has on how many such attacks in the last 10 years have been classified as having taken place in a public place.
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Question reference: S6W-19441
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will update the Parliament on the potential introduction of a new National Outcome for housing.
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Question reference: S6W-19378
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 3 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many Ukrainian refugees, who initially settled in Scotland after 24 February 2022, have relocated to England.
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Question reference: S6W-19287
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 30 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19058 by Neil Gray on 16 June 2023, how much in total has been allocated to the Scottish Cities Alliance to carry out the work specified as necessary in the Report of the City Centre Recovery Task Force 2021-22.
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