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-01098
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many referrals each NHS dental hospital has received in each year since 2014-15.
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Question reference: S6W-01199
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00829 by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021, whether it has discussed with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency the (a) existence and (b) functioning of the onboard safety committee on the MV Pentalina.
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Question reference: S6W-01198
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00829 by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021, what recent advice it has received from the (a) Maritime and Coastguard Agency and (b) other regulatory authorities on the safety of the MV Pentalina to operate on routes in the current contract for Clyde and Hebrides ferry services.
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Question reference: S6W-01200
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00824 by Graeme Dey on 28 June 2021, what the (a) passenger and (b) vehicle capacity is of each vessel listed after the one-metre physical distancing requirement is taken into account.
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Question reference: S6W-01364
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00672 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, what its position is on conducting analysis on the potential increase in microplastic waste from electric vehicles, and whether it will commit to carrying out such analysis ahead of the phasing out of the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-01443
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons the Cycle to Work scheme has not been made available to ScotRail employees for 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-01173
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on by what date guidance on visiting care homes will be changed to allow for visits from three or more designated visitors.
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Question reference: S6W-01251
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve and increase the infrastructure necessary to support more electric cars.
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Question reference: S6W-01323
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what role spoken language interpreters have been required to take on in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what difficulties they have experienced in providing support for those who need it.
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Question reference: S6W-01143
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 23 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any discussions in regard to homeless people in Scotland being provided with e-cigarette starter packs for a research project led by London South Bank University and UCL, and what its view is of this project.
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