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-03977
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS staff are administering COVID-19 booster jabs, and how this compares with the initial vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S6W-03981
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the winter flu period is anticipated to commence in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-03767
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many grant or reimbursement applications for eBikes through the Low Emission Zone Support Fund’s Travel Better scheme have been (a) received and (b) approved to date.
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Question reference: S6W-03770
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it decided to outsource the design of the National Care Service on a procurement framework that had few or no organisations with expertise in the delivery of social care, and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-03609
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the additional funding of £62 million for unmet need in social care is recurring funding.
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Question reference: S6W-02799
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to allow a person's COVID-19 vaccination status to be recorded as fully vaccinated if they have received two doses of different vaccines; whether it will allow such people to be exempt from the 10-day quarantine period when returning to Scotland from green and amber list countries, similar to people who have received two doses of the same vaccine, and whether any exemptions on this issue will be made for Armed Forces personnel and their families.
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Question reference: S6W-04139
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to update COVID-19 guidance on international school trips.
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Question reference: S6W-04380
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Scotland is taking to help tackle the climate emergency.
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Question reference: S6W-04271
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacancies for qualified STEM teachers are unfilled in secondary schools.
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Question reference: S6W-03062
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many errors have been recorded with COVID-19 vaccination records, and how many (a) have been and (b) are yet to be rectified.
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