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-02683
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will distribute the first funds under the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-02682
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timetable for the establishment of the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray.
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Question reference: S6W-02852
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to comments by Homes for Scotland regarding the Programme for Government that planning and regulatory systems "are in need of increased resources to enable local councils to cope with the levels of demand for new homes".
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Question reference: S6W-02834
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which islands (a) within and (b) outside the UK it plans to consider good practices from as part of its Carbon Neutral Islands project.
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Question reference: S6W-02812
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the potential economic impact of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports.
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Question reference: S6W-02684
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be allocated in each year of the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray, and what will happen to any funding that is left unspent at the end of each year.
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Question reference: S6W-02806
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is following World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control COVID-19 contact guidance that (a) contact tracing should include contacts in school, including classmates, teachers and other staff and (b) as well as testing all contacts with symptoms, there should be quarantining and testing of asymptomatic high-risk exposure contacts, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-02681
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the budget stream(s) from which the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray will be drawn.
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Question reference: S6W-02686
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the ten-year £500 million Just Transition Fund for the North East and Moray will include funding for current projects and workforce commitments; if so, which ones, and what funding will be available for new projects.
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Question reference: S6W-02841
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it carried out a gender impact assessment in relation to its Green Jobs Fund.
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