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-04839
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on saving the capercaillie in the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-04816
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has spent on promoting its Organ Donation Scotland campaign since the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent, broken down by (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) radio, (d) billboard/bus stop and (e) online advertising.
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Question reference: S6W-04784
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) small brewers and (b) other producers will have to register with SEPA, in relation to its Deposit Return Scheme, as planned from January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-04710
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what facilities maintenance work was carried out in wards 4a and 4b at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-05031
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what points in its Programme for Government are addressed by the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-04989
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how convicted prisoners who identify as trans male or female are facilitated in the prison estate, and how many are currently held in each part of the prison estate, broken down by facility, prison or institution.
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Question reference: S6W-04990
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many calls have been made to the Dumb Dumpers phoneline in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S6W-04981
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was given to the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland in relation to its involvement with chronic pain patients and the National Advisory Committee for Chronic Pain in the years 2020 and 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04973
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to support patients with dystonia.
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Question reference: S6W-04903
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the NHS spending proposals in the Budget (Scotland) (No.4) Bill, whether NHS Grampian will receive its full share of funding as specified by the NRAC (NHS Scotland Resource Allocation Committee) formula in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
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