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-27015
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many houses for (a) nurses, (b) GPs and (c) police officers are owned by public services.
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Question reference: S6W-26917
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03310 by Patrick Harvie on 18 April 2024, regarding the ban on the installation of wood burners and other pollution-emitting heating systems in new properties, whether it will provide a non-exhaustive list of portable appliances that can be used as emergency heat sources.
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Question reference: S6W-27076
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional (a) appointments and (b) procedures will be delivered through the £30 million of targeted investment to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists, as announced on 1 April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27074
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many times, and on which dates, it has met with local government to discuss a Fiscal Framework for local government since the publication of the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-26967
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is marking bowel cancer awareness month.
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Question reference: S6W-26955
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans are in place in the event of a wildfire in a national park.
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Question reference: S6W-27077
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a timetable for when the remaining £270 million in funding for additional appointments and procedures will be allocated, and from where this funding will be allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-27019
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to release funding to local authorities for the delivery of No One Left Behind in 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-27073
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the date by which it plans to agree a Fiscal Framework with local government, as announced in the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023 and originally committed to by the end of September 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-26941
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is permissible for the emergency vehicles operated by Glasgow Street Aid to use blue lights.
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