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-05498
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the social care workforce have received the COVID-19 booster vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-05593
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05333 by Lorna Slater on 5 January 2022, how many of the retailers listed on page 13 of the Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment were estimated to have a 24-month preparedness time.
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Question reference: S6W-05495
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the delays to the deposit return scheme, whether Zero Waste Scotland will publish an updated economic and waste management impact assessment for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05497
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the social care workforce have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S6W-05516
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in each year for which records are available, what emissions have been reported for the incineration of (a) household waste, (b) commercial and industrial waste and (c) all waste included in its Climate Change Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-05524
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what supplies of anti-viral medication are held by each NHS board, and how many people these supplies can treat.
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Question reference: S6W-05521
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the eligibility for anti-viral medication for people with COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-05348
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what user, personal and medical information is currently provided and displayed on the NHS Scotland Covid Status app, and whether that information is explicitly outlined in the user privacy policy agreement.
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Question reference: S6W-05166
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with learning difficulties and autism have died in inpatient units in Scotland since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-05167
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether COVID-19 booster vaccinations will be registered on the NHS Scotland Covid Status App; what the reasons are for its position on this matter, and, if they will be registered, by what date this will happen.
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