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-07432
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd since January 2020 on applying the Fair Work Framework to the vessel procurement process for Islay.
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Question reference: S6W-07370
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of people aged 25 to 64 who have been educated at tertiary level in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-07429
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, whether it has considered any international evidence in relation to the potential impact of the inclusion of glass in a Deposit Return Scheme on the willingness of producers to switch from using glass packaging to using aluminium or plastic packaging.
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Question reference: S6W-07497
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how long on average a young person currently has to wait for a diagnosis for additional support needs (ASN).
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Question reference: S6W-07447
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce legislation to sanction residential park owners who do not supply timely and fully completed written statements to their residents.
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Question reference: S6W-07485
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for students impacted by the rising cost of living.
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Question reference: S6W-07495
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional support needs (ASN) schools have been built in the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07366
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is, regarding the impact on Scotland, on the review by HM Treasury of the Solvency II regime in connection with low-carbon infrastructure investments.
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Question reference: S6W-07375
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Blue Badges have been withdrawn in each local authority area, in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07428
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, what modelling it has done regarding the likelihood of producers in the food and drink sector switching from glass packaging to plastic packaging as a result of the inclusion of glass in its Deposit Return Scheme.
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