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-05399
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have applied to the Scottish Ministers to have an area designated as a Rent Pressure Zone since their introduction.
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Question reference: S6W-05059
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a review has been carried out on the mechanism used to apply tax rates to waste soils and what role (a) Revenue Scotland and (b) SEPA played in any review process.
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Question reference: S6W-05340
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a National Reuse Charter.
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Question reference: S6W-05230
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity was aware of the findings of the Deposit Return Scheme (a) Gateway Review and (b) Assurance Plan, which called for the scheme to be delayed beyond July 2022, before her statement to Parliament on 17 November 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05169
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend free bus travel to (a) people (i) on a low-income and (ii) in receipt of benefits and (b) all young people under the age of 25.
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Question reference: S6W-04942
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the increase in public subsidy that would be required if Serco Caledonian Sleepers Ltd exercised the rebasing option in the franchise agreement from April 2022 onwards.
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Question reference: S6W-04940
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates extending the Caledonian Sleeper franchise Emergency Measures Agreement beyond 31 March 2022 and, if so, what does it anticipate would be the duration of any extension.
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Question reference: S6W-04947
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to start recoding data by NHS board area to capture information on community first responders, in order to understand local resource requirements and assist in the allocation of resources in response to, for example, the recent pressure on ambulance services and major environmental events, such as Storm Arwen.
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Question reference: S6W-04944
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what provision it has made for the Operator of Last Resort to run the Caledonian Sleeper franchise should the current operator no longer be able to continue to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-04941
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, with reference to the Prior Information Notice (PIN) issued by Transport Scotland on 26 February 2021 in relation to the Caledonian Sleeper franchise, whether it anticipates issuing a direct award of a Temporary Measures Agreement to Serco Caledonian Sleepers Ltd as is provided for in the PIN and, if so, what does it anticipate would be the duration of the direct award, and what analysis has it undertaken of the comparative costs of running the franchise under a direct award of a Temporary Measures Agreement to Serco Caledonian Sleepers Ltd or by the Operator of Last Resort.
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