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-04374
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many veterans are in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance.
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Question reference: S6W-04337
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to add the COVID-19 booster vaccination to the vaccination status app, and whether proof of the booster vaccination will be required for (a) international travel and (b) domestic use.
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Question reference: S6W-04418
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many women have self-referred to the breast cancer screening programme, in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-04386
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to reduce poverty-related health inequalities.
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Question reference: S6W-04500
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03367 by Lorna Slater on 26 October 2021, whether the Deposit Return Scheme will have a phased introduction or will apply to all businesses affected on the same date.
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Question reference: S6W-04489
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been notified by Test and Protect after coming into contact, in a vaccination centre, with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-04414
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many supported living accommodation projects it has supported in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-04369
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many veterans are in receipt of Social Security Scotland devolved benefits.
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Question reference: S6W-04394
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in (a) maintaining and (b) improving rail infrastructure in West Scotland in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-04373
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many veterans in Scotland are in receipt of Universal Credit.
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