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-22015
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much investment it has allocated to the recruitment of education welfare officers in each year since 2016, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-22014
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what new (a) schemes and (b) approach strategies it is considering in order to increase school attendance in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools, particularly of children from deprived households including those in Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles 1 and 2.
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Question reference: S6W-22016
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on developing HMP Highland, including in relation to any further costs that are required to be met to complete the prison, and any potential delay in its opening.
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Question reference: S6W-22039
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm what additional deprivation weighting payments were made to dentists for each (a) adult and (b) child patient that is registered with them, in each year since 2007, also broken down by (i) month and (ii) Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintile.
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Question reference: S6W-22040
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the monthly payment made to dentists was for each (a) adult and (b) child patient that is registered with them, in each year since 2007, also broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-21871
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many current teaching staff have received training to support pupils with (a) sensory issues and (b) autism, also provided as a percentage of total teaching staff.
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Question reference: S6W-22064
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking regarding the concerns raised by the Museums Association in its submission to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee's pre-Budget scrutiny that the majority of museums in Scotland are in historic and vitally important listed buildings and that there is currently a backlog in repairs and maintenance that requires urgent investment to fund the work.
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Question reference: S6W-22013
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what further measures it can take to develop intelligent wastewater networks.
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Question reference: S6W-21872
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 20 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the question S6W-20859 by Christina McKelvie on 7 September 2023, whether the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development agreed any action points with the Music Venture Trust at their recent meeting, and, if so, whether it will publish details of these.
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Question reference: S6W-21874
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many school exam candidates received access arrangements for their exams in each year since 2017, also broken down by arrangement type.
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