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-05085
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on NHS dental care services.
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Question reference: S6W-05060
- 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 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that landfill tax has had on reducing the quantity of waste soil that has gone to landfill since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-05033
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will carry out an assessment of the scale of tree damage caused by Storm Arwen.
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Question reference: S6W-04900
- 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 23 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 have been completed, broken down by (a) the number of properties being protected, (b) the completion date and (c) the (i) initial forecast and (ii) final cost of each.
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Question reference: S6W-05484
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-04937
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, during court proceedings on (a) divorce and (b) child custody or arrangement cases, whether one party can be punished for making false accusations about the other party, and, if not, whether it will review existing legislation to enforce punishment should any accusation be found to be false.
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Question reference: S6W-05272
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of benefit fraud have been made to the mygov.scot portal in each year since it was established.
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Question reference: S6W-04883
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) coniferous, (b) broadleaved, (c) native and (d) non-native trees have been planted in Scotland since 1 January 2021 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-05096
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in implementing a Once For Scotland rehabilitation plan for long COVID patients.
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Question reference: S6W-05086
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for people who are unable to pay for dental services due to an increase in charges that are reportedly a result of NHS dental care services being reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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