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-01352
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a boiler scrappage scheme to help households replace gas-fired boiler systems.
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Question reference: S6W-01848
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes are projected to be built in each local authority area over the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-01833
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide further information regarding the grant scheme for rent arrears.
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Question reference: S6W-01820
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many women are currently waiting for reconstructive surgery following treatment for breast cancer, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-01846
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many sheltered housing places have been available in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-01832
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been supported through Housing First in each year since its introduction, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-01719
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00962 by Michael Matheson on 20 July 2021, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what analysis it has carried out concerning at which stage of their journey oil and gas workers who fly to and return directly from an overseas installation are at greatest risk of COVID-19 infection; for what reason it did not provide this information in its response; whether it will now confirm whether it has undertaken such an analysis, and whether it will provide any other information it has on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-01855
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which age groups are most likely to be affected by long COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-01582
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make the full Native Woodland Survey of Scotland dataset available, given its usefulness for forestry professionals, and if so, when.
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Question reference: S6W-01360
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of (a) its and (b) each of its agencies' vehicle fleet is comprised of zero-emission vehicles, also broken down by what information it has for other public bodies.
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