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-01061
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on (a) NHS infrastructure projects and (b) funding for a replacement eye hospital for NHS Lothian.
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Question reference: S6W-01092
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has developed for the 2021-22 flu season.
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Question reference: S6W-01049
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who have (a) swallowing and (b) communication problems due to long-term illness.
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Question reference: S6W-01055
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the gender gap in the number of reported COVID-19 cases is an indication of its approach to allowing the Glasgow Euro fan zone to be opened.
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Question reference: S6W-01873
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to launch the Young Person’s Free Bus Travel Scheme for residents of Scotland aged five to 18, provided for by the National Bus Travel Concession Scheme for Young Persons (Scotland) Order 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01741
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the cash grant given to mature students.
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Question reference: S6W-01266
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to uprate funding for free personal and nursing care, including for self-funding care home residents with dementia.
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Question reference: S6W-01256
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the countries of origin of the estimated 60,000 students from outwith the Common Travel Area who enrolled at university for the 2019-20 academic year.
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Question reference: S6W-01494
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses to define housing as affordable in relation to household income.
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Question reference: S6W-01467
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated number of rough sleepers in (a) Falkirk, (b) North Lanarkshire and (c) South Lanarkshire has been for each of the last three years.
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