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-06620
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what training is being provided to staff working with VoiceAbility to ensure that they can provide support to people, dealing with Social Security Scotland, to participate in the decisions and processes that affect them.
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Question reference: S6W-06625
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote its Best Start Grant School Age Payment.
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Question reference: S6W-06621
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the costs that it anticipates to cover with the £20.4 million that it has committed to provide over the next four years for the advocacy service, which will be provided by VoiceAbility.
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Question reference: S6W-06632
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by when the process of accrediting more companies to its accessible vehicles and equipment scheme will be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-06623
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs due to be created within VoiceAbility will be based in the new head office in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-06614
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Adult Disability Payment and the planned initial review of the "moving around" criteria, by when it will (a) finalise the planning and scoping and (b) update Parliament on the progress of the review; how long it anticipates that the review will last, and by when it anticipates the review will conclude.
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Question reference: S6W-06480
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hectares of peatland and (b) tonnes of peat have been extracted in Scotland in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06454
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage rail operators in Scotland to make use of new media tools such as WhatsApp to enable widening accessibility within the rail network, such as the service that has been introduced by TransPennine Express.
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Question reference: S6W-06172
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Energy Investment Fund is being closed to new entrants, and, if so, for what reasons.
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Question reference: S6O-00856
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Claire Baker (On Behalf of the SPCB) on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment has been made of the new car park barrier system.
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