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-17729
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 15 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether funding for post-diagnostic support for autistic people and their families, which is currently delivered by third sector organisations, will be renewed, and, if so, when allocations will be announced.
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Question reference: S6W-16899
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the names of each Special Adviser, also broken down by their (a) responsibility and (b) pay band, and what the total cost of employing Special Advisers is expected to be (i) in 2023-24 and (ii) over the course of the parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-17419
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last assessed any economic contribution that university spin-outs have made to the economy.
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Question reference: S6W-17217
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work on skills alignment, including (a) its strategic intent for skills alignment, (b) the outcomes that it aims to achieve and (c) how it will measure progress.
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Question reference: S6W-17223
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the reported decline in the (a) total number of registered businesses and (b) number of growth sector registered businesses in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-17421
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in developing interventions to address economic inactivity, and what metrics will be used to measure success.
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Question reference: S6O-02182
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of sustainable aviation fuel in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16900
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many full-time employees there are in each (a) cabinet secretary's and (b) minister's private office, broken down by pay scale.
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Question reference: S6O-02130
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the rate of business start-ups in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16024
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish the findings of its consultation on the draft of the new physical intervention in schools guidance.