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-04542
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the (a) sexual orientation and (b) gender identity of people accessing mental health services is routinely recorded.
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Question reference: S6W-04413
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it will provide to Edinburgh City Council to address the reported social care issues in the city.
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Question reference: S6W-04718
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available for local authorities to ensure there are robust processes in place for the disposal of face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) in communities that are outside of healthcare environments.
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Question reference: S6W-04644
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the provision of "additional support for rural and islands homes which require bespoke and targeted advice", as set out in its Shared Policy Programme with the Scottish Green Party, how rural and island residents and communities can apply for the support; which organisations will be resourced to deliver the support, and whether the support will include (a) additional finance for home owners and (b) subsidised training and accreditation for engineers, plumbers and electricians in areas where there are currently very few companies that install renewable heating systems and appropriate insulation.
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Question reference: S6W-04536
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any ministerial meetings that have taken place with Zero Waste Scotland since February 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04574
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the process that free advice and law centres must undertake to apply for its funding, and what the reasons are for the process operating in this way.
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Question reference: S6W-04483
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what flood defence projects have been approved, and what the value is of each project.
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Question reference: S6W-04451
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Siemens Gamesa has been contracted to provide any services to it or any bodies for which it is responsible.
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Question reference: S6W-04379
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of guidance published by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on 1 September 2021, advising that patients with severe immunosuppression should receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whether people with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance will be included in the clinically high-risk cohort and therefore eligible to receive a third primary dose.
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Question reference: S6W-04340
- 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 7 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is putting in place to monitor the (a) safety, (b) efficacy and (c) quality of cannabis-based products for medicinal use, following reports of cannabidiol (CBD) being of inconsistent quality and having poor safety labelling.