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: S5O-04614
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with its commitment to recruit 850 extra teachers and around 200 additional support staff to help schools deal with the pressures arising from their reopening following the lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-31552
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it plans to administer the 2020 seasonal flu vaccine at drive-through centres.
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Question reference: S5W-31550
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is planning to announce any additional funding for the NHS to tackle winter pressures in 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31551
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what methods of delivery it will use to administer the seasonal flu vaccine in 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31460
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the use of the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability procurement process.
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Question reference: S5W-31459
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government which parts of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 have been used to strengthen the Home Detention Curfew regime.
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Question reference: S5W-31458
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on reviewing the process used to develop and publish the criminal justice bodies’ annual standards of service for victims and witnesses.
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Question reference: S5W-31456
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 11 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-24915 by Christina McKelvie on 12 September 2019, whether the remaining £500,000 of the £2 million it committed to provide to encourage victims of domestic or sexual abuse to come forward has now been allocated.
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Question reference: S5W-31457
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on establishing an independently-chaired group to ensure that the technology used by Police Scotland is done so in an effective and ethical manner.
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Question reference: S5O-04597
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial assistance it has made available for cultural organisations in the north east since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.