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-06709
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what changes, if any, have been made to the Routes and Services Methodology applied to Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service routes since it was first used to draw up the Ferries Plan (2013-22).
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Question reference: S6W-06476
- Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the onshore wind turbines planning advice guidance will be updated to reflect considerations for applications for turbines of 200m and over that are in close proximity to individual rural dwellings or settlements, and to require turbines of 150m and over to be illuminated.
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Question reference: S6W-06432
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Scottish Eating Disorder Services Review 2021 recommendation, what progress has been made in establishing a lived experience panel to work with the implementation group.
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Question reference: S6W-06396
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of any reductions to the maintenance budget by Network Rail on rail services in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06364
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 28 January 2022, on what date it will provide details of the mechanism for private, voluntary or independent childcare providers to access funding for improving ventilation, and how much it plans to allocate for this purpose.
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Question reference: S6W-06346
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 28 January 2022, whether any audit will be conducted of the “educated assumptions” that led to it calculating that £5 million was the funding necessary for further remedial work on ventilation in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-06397
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any discussions on the future of HMP Kilmarnock will include the trade union, Community, which reportedly represents the majority of prison staff.
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Question reference: S6W-06342
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of wireless CO2 monitoring sensors in schools, with remotely accessible data.
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Question reference: S6W-06300
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) delivers the levels of renewable energy deployment required to achieve net zero.
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Question reference: S6W-06398
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is (a) taking and (b) planning to take in relation to the future of HMP Kilmarnock.
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