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-04175
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications to the Crofting Agricultural Grant Scheme there were, and of those how many (a) were approved and (b) are awaiting a decision, in each year since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-03105
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many consultants have taken early retirement in NHS (a) Highland, (b) Western Isles, (c) Orkney, (d) Shetland and (e) Grampian in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-03933
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a protocol for ministerial responses to MSPs and, if so, what that is.
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Question reference: S6W-03893
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the current level of uptake is of the flu vaccination in 2021, and what the uptake was in each of the two previous years.
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Question reference: S6W-03894
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what public information action it has in place to encourage the uptake of the COVID-19 booster vaccine.
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Question reference: S6W-03895
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of training a medical student.
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Question reference: S6W-03897
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional medical students it believes will be needed to resolve the reported staffing issues, and how much it believes it will cost to fill these places.
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Question reference: S6W-03787
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on building new nuclear fusion plants.
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Question reference: S6W-03786
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of five of the 15 potential sites being in Scotland, what its position is on the proposed prototype fusion energy plant being considered by the UK Government for one of these sites.
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Question reference: S6W-03892
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has done of the cost of administering the COVID-19 booster vaccine by GP practices compared with health boards, and what the estimated costs were of both approaches.
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