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
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Question reference: S6W-06690
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02263 by John Swinney on 31 August 2021, whether it will provide details of the cyber-attacks that occurred in the last three years, broken down by (a) the source of the attacks, (b) the sectors that were attacked and (c) the dates when the attacks took place.
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Question reference: S6W-06596
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that everyone with a learning disability has access to clear and understandable information about the COVID-19 booster vaccination programme, including the provision of easy read information.
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Question reference: S6W-06594
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 18 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether everyone who has a learning disability has now been identified via GP practice data in relation to the COVID-19 booster programme, in light of the announcement in February 2021 that people with a learning disability were to be included in priority group 6 for the vaccine, and what steps have been taken since February 2021 to enable this.
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Question reference: S6W-06521
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many FOI requests were rejected by each NHS board because they did not meet the legal criteria for receiving a response, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06560
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are on the waiting list for maxillofacial surgery in NHS Grampian, and what steps are being taken to reduce waiting times.
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Question reference: S6W-06582
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it estimates that every eligible child living in (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire, and (h) South Lanarkshire council areas, will have a free bicycle in their possession.
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Question reference: S6W-06519
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many FOI requests were made to each NHS board, and of those how many were not responded to within 20 working days, in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-06472
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support patients to access GP services in Inverclyde.
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Question reference: S6W-06534
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) can and (b) has any plans to widen the remit of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner to include oversight of facial recognition technology used in schools, shops, supermarkets and other public places.
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Question reference: S6W-06428
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05804 by Patrick Harvie on 1 February 2022, whether it will publish the (a) membership and (b) remit of the Green Heat Finance Taskforce.
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