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-02255
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of recent studies into whether there is a link between heading footballs and the development of dementia.
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Question reference: S6W-02287
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority for any additional visitor management pressures, and what any additional funding has been spent on.
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Question reference: S6W-02608
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) applications have been made to and (b) payments have been made from the Scottish Welfare Fund in each year since its creation, also broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-02282
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions there have been of jet ski owners for infringements on Loch Lomond since the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park was established.
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Question reference: S6W-02178
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01683 by Jamie Hepburn on 6 August 2021, what its reasons are for not applying direct government oversight of the restoration of the Glasgow School of Art, and whether it considers the restoration as a project of national importance.
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Question reference: S6W-02205
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimate is of government investment in infrastructure, and what information it has regarding how this compares with other OECD countries.
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Question reference: S6W-02136
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01420 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, what plans it has to review the governance structures at Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).
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Question reference: S6W-02415
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01875 by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021, what plans it had to introduce the edoc waste monitoring system referenced in the strategy, Making Things Last: a circular economy strategy for Scotland, before agreeing to a four nations consultation.
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Question reference: S6W-02429
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have (a) signed up to and (b) successfully met the Household Recycling Charter code of practice.
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Question reference: S6W-02431
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its deposit return scheme will have on the ability of local authorities to fulfil the aims of the Household Recycling Charter, agreed by COSLA in 2015, which seeks to help generate large volumes of high-quality recyclate from home recycling.
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