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-03306
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional NHS workload, expressed as a percentage, it estimates will result from COP26.
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Question reference: S6W-03307
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that the ministerial code applies to its special advisers.
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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-02384
- 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 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in the NHS Highland area have waited longer than the 18-week referral-to-treatment waiting time standard for orthopaedic treatment in each month since January 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-03171
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a revised Addiction Prevalence Testing (APT) by the Scottish Prison Service remains set to be introduced in late 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-03519
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for No One Left Behind, and its ambitions to reform employability services in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-03503
- Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support will be available to senior phase learners, particularly those from the most deprived backgrounds, in relation to preparation for the sitting of examinations for SQA national qualifications in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6T-00218
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures public sector agencies, including the Scottish Government, Police Scotland and the Crown Office, will take to increase efforts to ensure women are protected from harassment and violence.