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-14728
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to locate defibrillators in every school.
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Question reference: S6W-14732
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to provide so-called 50/50 funding for adult hospice care places.
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Question reference: S6W-15361
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-26493 by Clare Haughey on 9 December 2019, whether it will provide the same information for (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-15349
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much has been held in Integrated Joint Board (IJB) reserves in each year since IJBs were established, broken down by each IJB.
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Question reference: S6W-15197
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £1.8 billion allocated towards the Heat in Buildings Strategy it has already spent.
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Question reference: S6W-15122
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 March 2023
To ask Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the outcome of its 2016 commitment to provide £30 million over five years to the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).
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Question reference: S6W-15137
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers have been allocated to the City of Edinburgh Council area in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-14727
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 3 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what work is being carried out in (a) old and (b) new housing developments to support bat conservation.
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Question reference: S6W-14724
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much has been paid by each local authority on pension contributions in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-15348
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much has been held in local authority reserves in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.