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-03121
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-03066
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has begun the analysis to identify strategic areas likely to have access to low carbon or green hydrogen, which was referred to in the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy in February 2021, and when it anticipates this analysis will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-03156
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the projected budget is for active travel in the financial year 2022-23, and whether it will provide a breakdown of how this will be spent.
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Question reference: S6W-03146
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish the conclusions and recommendations of its City Centre Recovery taskforce.
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Question reference: S6W-03063
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the further analysis to fully understand the role of secondary technologies with a role in heat decarbonisation, which was referred to in the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy in February 2021, has begun, and, if so, when the findings of this analysis will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-03054
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a review was carried out of post-diagnosis dementia services in the first four months of 2021, as mentioned in the Dementia and COVID-19 national action plan.
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Question reference: S6W-03180
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether an individual travelling to Scotland who has received two COVID-19 vaccinations, but has received a different vaccine for each dose, will still count as fully vaccinated with regards to travel and isolation guidance.
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Question reference: S6W-03065
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the actions set out in Annex A of the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy from February 2021, what the (a) timescale for delivery, (b) current status and (c) expenditure to date is for each of the actions.
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Question reference: S6W-03112
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million for the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund announced in the Programme for Government will be allocated (a) to each local authority and (b) in each year.
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Question reference: S6W-03173
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a University of Aberdeen study that suggested that there was evidence of potential for an opioid problem associated with the influence of COVID-19 on elective orthopaedic services to emerge.
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