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-00761
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers are stationed in the Scottish Borders command area of the Lothians and Scottish Borders police division.
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Question reference: S6O-00758
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support is being offered to veterans across the country.
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Question reference: S6O-00773
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the teaching unions.
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Question reference: S6O-00774
- Asked by: Jim Fairlie, MSP for Perthshire South and Kinross-shire, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how Curriculum for Excellence meets the needs of colleges and industries in providing appropriate learning to young people to allow them to progress to the next stage of their training.
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Question reference: S6O-00779
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comments of Glasgow City Council's new Executive Director of Education regarding reinstating the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy.
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Question reference: S6O-00759
- Asked by: David Torrance, MSP for Kirkcaldy, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the impact on Scotland, to reports that the UK Government is unable to give a timescale for the roll-out of the second phase of the veterans ID cards scheme.
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Question reference: S6O-00762
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the justice secretary has had with the UK Government regarding the impact on Scotland of the Online Safety Bill.
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Question reference: S6O-00771
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Inverclyde Council regarding what financial support is available in addition to the local government settlement.
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Question reference: S6O-00769
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the Fair Start Scotland programme addresses the needs of those who face the greatest barriers to unemployment, such as severely disabled people.
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Question reference: S6O-00775
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken in schools to promote the mental and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
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