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-27470
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the concerns raised by the group, Children's Hearings Scotland Scandal, and whether (a) the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, (b) any other minister and (c) its officials have met representatives of the group to discuss its concerns.
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Question reference: S6W-27471
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has recently considered an independent review of the Children's Hearings Scotland system, in light of the concerns raised by the group, Children's Hearings Scotland Scandal.
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Question reference: S6W-27472
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise last met the chair of Children's Hearings Scotland, and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-27473
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the chair of Children's Hearings Scotland has refused to meet representatives of the group, Children's Hearings Scotland Scandal, to discuss its concerns.
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Question reference: S6W-27461
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is no longer a dedicated Minister for International Development, in light of there previously being one since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-27435
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any recent assessment with clinicians of the effectiveness of BMI as an indicator of health, especially in relation to the diagnosis of eating disorders.
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Question reference: S6W-27465
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government who has ministerial responsibility for (a) planning and (b) the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).
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Question reference: S6W-27467
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether panel members at Children's Hearings Scotland have the right of appeal after a decision is made on any complaint involving them.
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Question reference: S6W-27373
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26962 by Natalie Don on 2 May 2024, whether it has considered reviewing its funded early learning and childcare eligibility guidance to include multiples.
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Question reference: S6W-27369
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of alleged hate crimes reported since the commencement of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 have been successfully prosecuted.
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