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-07499
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many operational Test and Protect testing centres there will be in each local authority area from 1 May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-07494
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase access to regular pacemaker check-ups that may have been missed due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-08009
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 April 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Maree Todd on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation on proposals for mandatory calorie labelling in out-of-home settings, as set out in its Out of Home Action Plan published in September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07646
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many government contracts KPMG has withdrawn from bidding for since renewed scrutiny of its practices in January 2022, and what these contracts were.
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Question reference: S6W-07512
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current overall value of investment in Scotland by Chinese state-owned firms.
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Question reference: S6W-07486
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with representatives of (a) NHS Scotland and (b) the charity sector on improving data collection on metastatic breast cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-07378
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been waiting for cancer diagnostic tests and scans in each NHS board, in each month since January 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-07392
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that identifying details, such as name and date of birth, can be displayed on the Test and Protect website following a positive COVID-19 lateral flow test being recorded through the UK Government website.
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Question reference: S6W-07575
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism among publicly funded bodies.
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Question reference: S6W-07500
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of continuing to manage the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
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