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-06749
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) public toilets, (b) accessible public toilets and (c) Changing Places toilets there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-06744
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether information collected by the NHS Scotland COVID-19 Test and Protect system in the case of an infection in a school setting is recorded under the "Group setting" category on the case management system, and if this is not the case, how this information is recorded, and for what reason it differs from the categorisation protocol for infections occurring in settings such as hospitals, care homes and restaurants, which are reportedly recorded under the "Events and Settings" category.
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Question reference: S6W-06880
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing in 2022 for independent music festivals.
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Question reference: S6W-06929
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid to private care homes to deliver its care home strategy in each of the last 10 years, and when a review of these subsidies will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-06921
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the COVID-19 Cancellation Fund for Creative Freelancers have been made, also broken down by how many have been (a) approved and (b) paid in full.
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Question reference: S6W-06927
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the payment structure for funding care homes; what guidance is available regarding the calculation of this, and what body oversees the process.
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Question reference: S6W-06884
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00255 by George Adam on 23 August 2021, whether it plans to publish and maintain an up-to-date list of special advisers and their responsibilities.
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Question reference: S6W-06784
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many opportunities there are for youth work placements through the current Modern Apprenticeships scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-06755
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel in homes across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06837
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the new cancer strategy.
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