Skip to main content

Language: English / Gàidhlig

Loading…

Chamber and committees

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 18 July 2024
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 926 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S6O-02516

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the recommendation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to "develop statutory guidance on the use of restraint on children to ensure that it is used only as a measure of last resort and exclusively to prevent harm to the child or others and monitor its implementation".

Question reference: S6W-20386

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 31 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the support offered by Business Gateway, since 2018-19, by (a) sector, (b) business size and (c) whether the business is a start-up or existing business.

Question reference: S6O-02464

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what the change in public sector full-time equivalent headcount has been in the last 12 months across all devolved areas.

Question reference: S6W-20278

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in the Edinburgh Southern constituency have applied for support from the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme.

Question reference: S6W-20279

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to promote the Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme, and how many businesses have applied for support from the scheme to date.

Question reference: S6W-20013

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what active strategies it has in place to reduce roads deaths, and what evaluation has been carried out into the effectiveness of any such strategies.

Question reference: S6W-20113

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has done any work to ascertain how many tour operators have removed guaranteed departure products as a result of the reported disruptions to CalMac-operated ferry services.

Question reference: S6W-20071

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a full list of employers that have at least one employee currently undertaking a graduate apprenticeship.

Question reference: S6W-20051

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its Skills and Training budget detailing (a) resources committed per programme, (b) staffing costs and (c) capital costs in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-20049

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the integration of the Skills 4.0 model into work-based learning and the broader skills and education systems.