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-03808
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that officials from the Clinical Priorities Unit told chronic pain patients that gestures such as tutting or eye rolling at a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain could lead to dismissal as a volunteer patient representative and that such behaviour would be reported to ministers to obtain a decision on their continued membership of the committee.
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Question reference: S6W-03818
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions it has used an external recruitment agency to fill a post in each of the last four years, also broken down by which recruitment agency was used.
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Question reference: S6W-03809
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a breakdown in trust between chronic pain patients and its Clinical Priorities Unit, whether it will transfer responsibility for chronic pain policy from the unit to another part of the civil service.
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Question reference: S6W-03983
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considered introducing regulations to prevent the price gouging of accommodation during the COP26 conference.
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Question reference: S6W-03955
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many trees it has planted in each year since 2016, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-03988
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) in research and development of plans for a single green public transport network across the region, with smart card access and affordable fares.
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Question reference: S6W-03924
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many classroom ventilation inspections were carried out before schools started the October 2021 holidays.
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Question reference: S6W-03925
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are used for the assessment of classroom ventilation, and how many classrooms have failed a ventilation inspection, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-03926
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all data relating to classroom ventilation inspections in 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-03928
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide (a) an update on how much of the £10 million fund made available to local authorities for active ventilation in classrooms has been spent and (b) details of how the funding has been spent, broken down by local authority area.
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