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
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Question reference: S6W-07729
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ash Regan on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the strategic priorities and objectives for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service will be set over the next few years.
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Question reference: S6W-07435
- Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding a lifetime commitment to thalidomide health grants and support beyond 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-07436
- Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the most recent known levels of charges for (a) NHS prescriptions and (b) eye tests in Scotland, and how this compares with (i) England and (ii) Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-07377
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been charged with modern slavery-related offences in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07390
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the most recent known rate of participation in higher education among 16- to 30-year-olds in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-07493
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place to help small charities with recent increases in utility bills.
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Question reference: S6W-07463
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what evidentiary basis it determined that £465 million of funding over five years will be sufficient “to support those in fuel poverty in the heat transition and to remove poor energy efficiency as a driver of fuel poverty”, as set out in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how this funding will be allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-07465
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the view in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy that energy price increases since 2017 will have increased the number of households in fuel poverty, whether it will provide an up-to-date estimate of the cost of delivering an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C rating for all fuel poor households.
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Question reference: S6W-07404
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any action it is taking to reduce energy bills for households.
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Question reference: S6W-07462
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be providing annual updates on progress towards its target that, by 2040, no more than 5% of households will be in fuel poverty and no more than 1% will be in extreme fuel poverty.
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