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-07456
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will continue to monitor COVID-19 vaccinations nationally.
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Question reference: S6W-07650
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what cross-government action it is taking to ensure that agriculture expertise is represented in government agencies.
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Question reference: S6W-07454
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will retain the facility to track and trace future variants of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-07394
- 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 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce COVID-19 recovery QR codes based on self-reported lateral flow tests, on the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
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Question reference: S6W-07412
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many evictions from the private rented sector the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has granted since 1 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07508
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01369 by Maree Todd on 30 July 2021, whether it will provide an update on when the temporary suspension of the breast screening self-referral service for all women aged 71 and over is expected to be lifted.
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Question reference: S6W-07440
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is currently available on the fees for people who are self-funding social care, and what body oversees any appeals process.
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Question reference: S6W-07471
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Environment and Forestry Directorate supports and funds an ongoing programme of research to specifically identify and monitor any risks associated with extreme sub-daily rainfall in urban areas.
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Question reference: S6W-07398
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) First Minister, (b) Deputy First Minister, (c) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, (d) Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, (e) National Clinical Director, (f) Chief Medical Officer and (g) Chief Social Work Adviser last made an official visit to a care home (i) prior to and (ii) since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-07479
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has implemented a comprehensive, major public information campaign covering all aspects of flooding, with the aim of increasing national resilience.
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