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-04901
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-10494 by Roseanna Cunningham on 15 August 2017, which of the 42 formal flood protection schemes or engineering works are (a) under construction and (b) at the planning or other stage of development, broken down by (i) the expected completion date, including the reason for any date being beyond 2021, (ii) the number of properties that will be protected and (iii) the (A) initial forecast and (B) final expected cost of each.
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Question reference: S6W-04339
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the phone number provided on the COVID-19 passport exemption form will be live, so that disabled people who are unable to have a COVID-19 vaccine can request an exemption certificate.
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Question reference: S6W-04554
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to resolve the COVID-19 vaccine passport access issues for people who received each vaccination in different countries.
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Question reference: S6W-05235
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that only a small amount of people have engaged a local provider to apply for their R100 interim voucher, what communication it has made with eligible households in the Western Isles to inform them of the impending deadline for doing so.
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Question reference: S6W-04660
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it does not keep a record of deaths from deep vein thrombosis.
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Question reference: S6W-04548
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date its review of arrangements for the provision of financial support for patient travel will commence.
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Question reference: S6W-05227
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it will make available to workers who do not qualify for the £500 Self-Isolation Support Grant, and whether it plans to (a) increase the value of (b) change the eligibility criteria for the grant.
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Question reference: S6W-05252
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether, according to the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2020-21, taxes generated are greater or less than total public expenditure.
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Question reference: S6W-04382
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether someone who is operating a business from their home can legally refuse to allow a customer who is not wearing a face covering to enter their home.
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Question reference: S6W-04248
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering extending the COVID-19 vaccine passport scheme to include (a) cafes and (b) cinemas, following recent reports of public speculation by officials.
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