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-06135
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support there is for driving instructors as part of the Close Contact Services Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-06529
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been submitted to the COVID-19 Cancellation Fund for Creative Freelancers to date.
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Question reference: S6W-05987
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, for each of the various governmental schemes involved in providing energy saving help to households, how many households have received help, what the total value is of the support provided, and the time period covered, broken down by each Scottish Parliament constituency or each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-06285
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many boats are (a) licensed and (b) registered in the Red Rocks and Longay Urgent Marine Protected Area.
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Question reference: S6W-06323
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the provision of full fibre broadband across the KA24 postcode area in North Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S6W-06085
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to facilitate access for businesses to information on COVID-19 outbreaks by area, in light of reports of insurance companies requiring evidence of this, prior to processing claims.
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Question reference: S6W-06244
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many bikes have been repaired through the Scotland Cycle Repair Scheme in each year since 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-06208
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it can do to support businesses that are experiencing higher than average instances of long-term employee absence, in light of research by the CIPD reportedly showing that 26% of organisations list long-COVID among their main causes of long-term sickness absence.
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Question reference: S6W-06238
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05456 by Patrick Harvie on 31 January 2022, what the phrase, “where technically feasible and cost-effective to do so", means in practice.
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Question reference: S6W-06195
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of discontinuing 3G networks in rural areas, in light of reports that Vodafone has announced plans to switch off its ageing UK 3G network by the end of 2023.
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