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-32043
- 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 what the drop-out rate for disabled people in (a) (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) further education and (b) all education settings has been in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-31886
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 2 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31200 by Aileen Campbell on 26 August 2020, whether it will provide a breakdown of the investment (a) from 2018-19 that was targeted specifically at children in poverty and (b) that was targeted specifically at children in low-income households in 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5O-04664
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what financial analysis it has carried out of the impact that restrictions on the hospitality sector will have on the wider supply chain.
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Question reference: S5W-31874
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 30 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) an update on progress with its employability plan, No One Left Behind, and (b) a breakdown of how the £7 million invested in this was used.
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Question reference: S5W-31875
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 30 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the (a) Community Jobs Scotland programme, (b) Employability Fund, (c) Discovering Your Potential programme and (d) Our Future Now fund in helping young people transition into further learning or employment, and how much funding has been allocated to each.
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Question reference: S5W-31873
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 29 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £60 million investment in its Youth Guarantee will be allocated, and how this will be implemented.
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Question reference: S5W-31884
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 29 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31375 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 September 2020, how the figures provided for the period between April 2013 to March 2014 and April 2019 to March 2020 compare with its targets for narrowing the disability employment gap.
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Question reference: S5W-31883
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 29 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £100 million of funding for employment and skills support announced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will be allocated, and how this support package will be implemented.
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Question reference: S5W-31885
- 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 Jamie Hepburn on 29 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31375 by Jamie Hepburn on 7 September 2020, whether it will provide a breakdown of its targets for the disability employment gap that will lead to it reducing by at least half by 2038, and how regularly progress is reviewed.
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Question reference: S5W-31872
- 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 Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what the indicative time frame is for the planned transfer of powers to Social Security Scotland from the DWP.