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: S6O-00827
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to people at risk of alcohol harm in the most disadvantaged communities.
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Question reference: S6O-00825
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how decisions are made regarding the location of dialysis units.
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Question reference: S6O-00831
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the allocation of Discretionary Housing Payments in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07056
- Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its vision for Scottish agriculture.
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Question reference: S6W-06499
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent by each NHS board on external legal support in connection with cases of staff bullying, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06381
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date NHS Scotland will resume face-to-face antenatal classes, in light of the reported resumption of private classes.
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Question reference: S6W-06069
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on data published by NatureScot reportedly stating that the deer population in Scotland now exceeds one million and is increasing.
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Question reference: S6W-06806
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will publish the results of its monitoring and evaluation of the Winter Support Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-06718
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many restorative justice services it plans to have set up by 2023, broken down by the location of these services.
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Question reference: S6W-06053
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new ScotRail operator, ScotRail Trains Ltd, will honour the commitment to staff, reportedly offered under the existing franchise agreement, to no compulsory redundancies until at least 2025.
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