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-00672
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted into the potential increase in microplastic waste from electric vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-00632
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered introducing an equivalent provision in Scotland to paragraph 2.18 of the Department for Education's School Admissions Code, published in December 2014, regarding the allocation of school places for both the children of UK service personnel and crown servants.
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Question reference: S6W-00665
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to undertaking a public awareness campaign on maintaining tyre pressure, as a way to improve road safety and reduce microplastic pollution.
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Question reference: S6W-00650
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what advice was given to health and social care partnerships in relation to the discharge of patients from hospitals to care homes, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00631
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local authorities on how they should process school applications from parents returning to Scotland after spending a period overseas in the role of crown servants.
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Question reference: S6W-00671
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to the potentially higher rates of microplastic waste from electric vehicles, when setting a date from which the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned.
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Question reference: S6W-00673
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held with (a) the UK Government, and (b) tyre manufacturers on setting tyre abrasion standards, ahead of the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-00796
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the consequences for individuals are of delays to the issuing of AW1[2] reports for guardianship applications.
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Question reference: S6W-00867
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the (a) current and (b) future provision of sustainable transport, and what its response is to reports that Sustrans/Places for Everyone has been suspending applications for community projects, including some that were fully prepared for introduction.
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Question reference: S6W-00717
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has provided community transport groups during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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