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.
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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To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged under 18 have been held in a Young Offenders Institution in each month since January 2020; how many of these (a) were on remand and (b) had not been found guilty of an offence, and what efforts were made to find alternative provision for them.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) to be the appropriate body to lead the investigation into care home deaths; what the human right implications are of COPFS having this role; what its response is to concerns that there might be a conflict of interest, and for what reason it did not appoint an independent body/person to carry out this function.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will treat school staff as a priority group to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will commit to all the recommendations in the TUC’s Dying to Work campaign, in line with the ministerial agreement on fair work.
To ask the Scottish Government when each group of key workers will be offered a COVID-19 vaccination.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people have been blocked from the First Minister’s (a) Twitter account and (b) Facebook page.
To ask the Scottish Government what additional financial support has been made available to foster carers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will offer a one-off payment to foster carers to recognise their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government whether workplace testing for COVID-19 is taking place at the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service, given that staff are working in the Sheriff and Supreme courts and are in contact with members of the public, and what the reasons are for its position is on the matter.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the recent reported attempts by Sri Lanka's police to try to stop the Tamil journalist, Punniamurthy Sasiharan, of Mamangam, Batticaloa, from covering a protest raises any concerns for it in relation to Police Scotland's provision of community training for Sri Lankan police officers, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.