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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 3611 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S6W-14187
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has regarding health checks for carers.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13926
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many dangerous buildings notices have been issued under the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 in each year since 2003, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13801
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many families, in the period since 2012, have lived in temporary accommodation for at least three years.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13804
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with “no fixed adobe” have died while receiving treatment in NHS Scotland since 2012.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13924
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13133 by Tom Arthur on 22 December 2022, whether it will provide an update on how much unspent COVID-19 funding has been recovered from each local authority.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13803
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the COVID-19 funding that it allocated to local authorities it has reclaimed, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13843
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any overexposure of Scottish universities to investment and enrolment by Chinese students.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13844
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the amount of foreign investment in Scottish universities.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13841
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the amount of spending on tuition fees in Scottish universities in relation to the enrolment of Chinese students.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-13842
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Scottish universities have an alternative investment option in the event that funding from international sources ends.
Answer
![](/assets/images/loader.gif)