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: S5W-33156
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many doses of vitamin D supplements the NHS has, and how it anticipates this supply will be used throughout the winter months.
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Question reference: S5W-33155
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with care homes in anticipation of offering vitamin D supplements to all care home residents.
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Question reference: S5W-33157
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the recent Académie Nationale de Médicine study in France, which states that vitamin D is effective in tackling illnesses that can affect the respiratory system, such as COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-33238
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken an assessment of the impact of undiagnosed dyslexia in workplaces.
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Question reference: S5W-33239
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people currently in receipt of Universal Credit have been diagnosed with dyslexia, and what specific support is offered to people with the condition to help them return to employment.
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Question reference: S5W-33240
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Skills Development Scotland’s five-year MA Equality Action Plan, which was published in December 2015, in relation to people with dyslexia.
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Question reference: S5T-02550
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any relaxation of restrictions over the Christmas period.
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Question reference: S5W-33229
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £23 million in reserve for the Scottish Welfare Fund has been used, and whether it will provide a breakdown by local authority of where it has been allocated.
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Question reference: S5W-33033
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to provide funding to Scottish Water for the period 2021-27 in order for rural communities to be connected to the public water network, in light of concerns regarding inadequate sewage systems in some areas.
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Question reference: S5O-04768
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to Police Scotland to tackle crime in the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency.
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