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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

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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 24 November 2024
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Question reference: S6W-06427

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the budget underspend was in each year from 2018-19 to 2021-22; what the uplift figures have been in each of the last three years, and what the projected (a) underspend and (b) cash reserve is for the year 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-06722

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact assessment was undertaken regarding adding glass to its Deposit Return Scheme, particularly in relation to any rise in plastic packaging use.

Question reference: S6W-06884

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 4 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00255 by George Adam on 23 August 2021, whether it plans to publish and maintain an up-to-date list of special advisers and their responsibilities.

Question reference: S6O-00855

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-06721

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 3 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason glass has been included in its Deposit Return Scheme.

Question reference: S6O-00851

  • Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S6W-06337

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the net benefit figure for Business, in table 2 of annex F of the publication, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland: Final Business Regulatory Impact Assessment, of £333 million is calculated as the sum of -£1,291 and £920 million, and, if so, whether the figure is correct, and, if not, how the figure is calculated.

Question reference: S6W-06286

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 28 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether additional funding will be allocated to the Deposit Return Scheme, in light of the reported estimation by Circularity Scotland Limited that there are 37,000 return points, rather than the 17,000 outlined in business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) and, if so, how much more will be allocated. 

Question reference: S6W-06336

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) time period and (b) discount rate of return was used to calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) figures in table 2 of annex F of the publication, A Deposit Return Scheme for Scotland: Final Business Regulatory Impact Assessment.

Question reference: S6W-05978

  • Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan Mckee on 3 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05645 by Ivan McKee on 19 January 2022, what epidemiological evidence it considered when classifying the bingo sector as a live event.