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-07355
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been, for children who have learning disabilities, to access treatment through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) once they have been referred, broken down by NHS board, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-06856
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the specific requirements of women using ScotRail services will be addressed from April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-07383
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have reported incidents of door-to-door scams to Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07437
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has hosted another roundtable event on actions taken to tackle spiking crimes following an initial meeting on 4 November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07382
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have reported incidents of online scams to Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-07360
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will establish an all-tenure target of at least 25,000 homes per year in order to meet current levels of need and demand.
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Question reference: S6W-07335
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to motion S6M-00923, which was supported by 99 MSPs from all parties, what steps it is taking in response to the motion’s call to expand specialist Huntington’s disease services in line with rising cases.
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Question reference: S6W-07347
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage women who have symptoms of ovarian cancer to contact their GP.
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Question reference: S6W-07238
- Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Microplastics in September 2021 for all new domestic and commercial washing machines to be fitted with a microfibre filter to catch microplastics, and a Private Members' Bill being introduced in the House of Commons to give effect to this recommendation in England and Wales, what the Scottish Government's position is on introducing similar legislation in Scotland, and what action it is taking to stop microplastics from polluting the environment.
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Question reference: S6W-07256
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged (a) 25 to 50 and (b) 51 to 75 have been convicted of causing death or serious injury through dangerous driving in each of the last five years; how many have had their licence removed, and what the average period of disqualification was.
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