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-08625
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08258 by Jenny Gilruth on 12 May 2022, whether it will provide a breakdown of the numbers of electrical vehicle charging points by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-08590
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to ease the reported delays within the justice system caused by continuous late-stage evidence disputations by the defence that force proceedings to be persistently rescheduled.
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Question reference: S6W-08591
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to update the labelling requirement for honey products to prevent honey fraud.
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Question reference: S6W-08592
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07899 by Maree Todd on 3 May 2022, whether it will confirm how it is supporting the Scottish honey industry.
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Question reference: S6W-08447
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it records the number of (a) children and (b) children diagnosed with autism, who have been referred to the Scottish Children’s Reporter annually, in light of reports of an increasing number of supervision orders being issued for autistic children in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-08284
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many civil servants in Scotland have employment contracts with a notice period of (a) between three and six, (b) six and (c) more than six months.
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Question reference: S6W-08287
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its employment policy is for determining the length of notice period for civil servants.
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Question reference: S6W-08283
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its total potential liability is if civil servants on employment contracts with notice periods of (a) between three and six, (b) six and (c) more than six months are paid in lieu of working their notice period.
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Question reference: S6W-08294
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether secondary schools are a high-risk environment regarding COVID-19 infection for teachers (a) aged 68 and over who have a cancer history and (b) with a spouse who is on the highest risk list, and whether it will provide free lateral flow tests in secondary schools.
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Question reference: S6W-08413
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is being provided to people on the Highest Risk List who require treatment if they test positive for COVID-19, in the event that they are away from home with no access to their local NHS board.
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