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-03575
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with local authorities and COSLA in relation to raising awareness about claiming pension credit and supporting people to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-03561
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03252 by Kevin Stewart on 5 October 2021, what the estimated spend on dementia by each Integration Joint Board has been in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-03434
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how regularly it will publish statistics on the use of its recently announced grant funding for tenants in rent arrears, which show the number of (a) grants given, (b) households supported and (c) tenancies maintained.
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Question reference: S6W-03545
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients in NHS (a) Greater Glasgow and Clyde and (b) Ayrshire and Arran have waited longer than the 12-week waiting time standard for an outpatient appointment for orthopaedic treatment in each month since January 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-03435
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund is due to close to new applicants.
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Question reference: S6W-03718
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government where the money for the Victim Centred Approach Fund has been allocated from for the financial years from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-00182
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the effectiveness of Scottish Enterprise’s human rights reputational risk assessments, as introduced from 2019 under the Customer Due Diligence procedure.
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Question reference: S6W-00208
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will bar the 112 companies identified by the UN Human Rights Office as being involved in activities related to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine from receiving public grants, account management services or other support from the Scottish Government and the public bodies for which it is responsible.
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Question reference: S6W-00207
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will bar the 112 companies identified by the UN Human Rights Office as being involved in activities related to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestine from bidding for contracts to provide goods or services to the Scottish Government and the public bodies for which it is responsible.
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Question reference: S6W-02386
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it has made available to NHS Highland to reduce the number of patients waiting for orthopaedic treatment.