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-03224
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact introducing free bus travel for under-22s will have on the number of people using the active travel infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-03119
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) its position is on and (b) commitments it has made regarding (i) informed external scrutiny of local authority climate change plans and (ii) regular reporting of associated route maps and reduction targets for each type of emission, broken down by (A) corporate and (B) area emissions.
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Question reference: S6W-03118
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many local authorities have paid environmentalists on their economic committees.
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Question reference: S6W-03505
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the independent expert working group report on achieving a 48-hour working week (without averaging) for junior doctors.
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Question reference: S6W-03233
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many pollution incidents related to the water environment have been reported to SEPA since 1 April 2021, and how many of these have resulted in regulatory action.
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Question reference: S6W-03243
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many unannounced inspections SEPA has undertaken since April 2021 to assess compliance with General Binding Rules for diffuse pollution in (a) priority catchments identified in the first River Basin Management Plan, (b) priority catchments identified in the second River Basin Management Plan and (c) catchments not identified as "priority".
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Question reference: S6W-03247
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on waiving the requirement for fully-vaccinated UK residents to take a COVID-19 PCR test on return to Scotland from international travel to amber list countries if their trip was for fewer than five days.
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Question reference: S6W-03181
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is offering to the pork processing industry.
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Question reference: S6W-03252
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02503 by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2021, for what reason this data on what the average time has been to see a dementia specialist is not held centrally, and what effect this has on its ability to workforce plan and target resources effectively.
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Question reference: S6W-03251
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-02502 by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2021, for what reason this data on dementia diagnosis is not held centrally, and what effect this has on its ability to workforce plan and target resources effectively.
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