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-32333
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31373 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 September 2020, how many of the people helped into employment by Fair Start Scotland sustained employment for at least (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) a year, broken down by how many were disabled people.
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Question reference: S5W-31377
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle the reported mass redundancies in Aberdeen City and Shire as a result of the oil industry downturn, and whether it plans to offer social security packages to mitigate against any economic impact on families.
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Question reference: S5W-32044
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of disabled people have completed secondary education in each of the last five years, broken down by qualifications achieved.
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Question reference: S5W-32045
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what extra provisions are in place in educational settings to support disabled people, and how these have changed in the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-31882
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31381 by Christina McKelvie on 8 September 2020, how many of the 9,000 people on low incomes or clinically at risk from COVID-19 who received support through the initial £5 million Connecting Scotland project were (a) older people, (b) disabled and (c) in other vulnerable categories.
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Question reference: S5W-32046
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many support teachers there currently are in schools to specifically support disabled people, and what it is doing to (a) recruit and (b) retain such teachers.
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Question reference: S5W-32025
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering publishing anonymous data on the efficacy of the Test and Protect system that analyses the trends in the (a) transmission in various settings, (b) compliance of quarantine and (c) average time taken to reach contacts.
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