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-06780
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many care workers it expects to be impacted by the workplace parking levy.
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Question reference: S6W-06814
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been for repair services following requests from tenants to each (a) local authority and (b) housing association in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06774
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the Council Tax (Variation for Unoccupied Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-06739
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to create an emergency fund to support farmers and landowners in the wake of Storms Arwen, Barra and others to help with fallen forestry and damage to farm buildings.
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Question reference: S6W-06658
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date universal free meals in primary schools will be fully implemented and what the timetable is for achieving this.
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Question reference: S6W-06535
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the trial in nine schools in North Ayrshire in October 2021, and the answer to question S6F-00388 on 28 October 2021, during which the First Minister stated that the use of such technology in schools "does not appear to be proportionate or necessary”, whether it is aware of any further plans to use facial recognition technology in schools in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06407
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06157 by Keith Brown on 7 February 2022, what statistics the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) routinely publishes; what statistics it is required to publish, and whether it will review the transparency and reporting duties on the tribunal.
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Question reference: S6W-06435
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 130 Child Disability Payment applications, which did not exceed the six-week timeframe, did not progress to stage two, and what the reasons were for this.
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Question reference: S6W-06489
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03261 by Clare Haughey on 6 October 2021, what research it has undertaken to ensure that the ratio for all childcare settings is being enforced.
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Question reference: S6W-06329
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the rising cost of living, what assessment it has made of the affordability of above inflation water charges for people who are not eligible for the Water Charges Reduction Scheme.