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-07010
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it undertakes regular reviews of local authorities and the additional support for learning that they provide for children with additional support needs.
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Question reference: S6W-06823
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to compensate businesses for water charges that are based on a rateable value and exceed the cost to counterpart businesses whose water charges are calculated using a meter.
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Question reference: S6W-06762
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce a voluntary additional COVID-19 booster programme to enable people to meet international travel requirements, where a destination country requires the last vaccine to have been administered within a certain number of days before travel.
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Question reference: S6W-06761
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, what proportion of metastatic breast cancer patients are first diagnosed through emergency presentation.
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Question reference: S6W-06760
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, how many people have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in each of the last 10 years, and of those, how many people were diagnosed (a) less than and (b) more than five years after a diagnosis of primary breast cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-06742
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how young people aged 12 to 17 can evidence a positive COVID-19 test and subsequent recovery from the condition for foreign travel purposes, in light of the NHS Scotland COVID Status app being unavailable to this age group and that a hard copy vaccination status letter reportedly does not include details of COVID-19 status.
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Question reference: S6W-06768
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of clinical nurse specialists who specialise in brain tumours, and what steps NHS Scotland is taking to ensure that all brain tumour patients have access to a named clinical nurse specialist.
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Question reference: S6W-06758
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01709 by Humza Yousaf on 24 August 2021, what proportion of metastatic breast cancer patients are first diagnosed through GP referral.
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Question reference: S6W-06961
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has made of the impact of fire appliances, both those staffed by wholetime and retained firefighters, being taken off the run due to staffing levels.
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Question reference: S6W-07037
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data is held on how many apprentices are paid the real Living Wage.
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