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-00598
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consultation was carried out with (a) residents, (b) caregivers, (c) workers and (d) care home operators, prior to it publishing COVID-19 guidance on the extended use of face masks and coverings in hospitals, primary care, wider community care and adult care homes on 7 June 2021, and whether it will revoke the guidance on care home residents wearing face masks in communal areas.
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Question reference: S6W-00700
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the COVID-19 vaccines that it has been allocated has been subsequently offered by it to (a) Bangladesh and (b) other countries with low vaccination rates.
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Question reference: S6W-00659
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made regarding recommendation seven of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland report: Review of Ayrshire Maternity Unit University Hospital Crosshouse, NHS Ayrshire and Arran (Adverse Events).
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Question reference: S6W-00664
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what provision is being made for mass testing, utilising rapid lateral flow tests, at the Euro 2020 fan zone events at Glasgow Green.
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Question reference: S6W-00655
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to tackle misinformation relating to COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-00865
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the arrangements that have been made to ensure that teachers receive their £400 payment for their work on national qualifications in 2020-21, and when it allocated funding to local authorities to facilitate this arrangement.
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Question reference: S6W-01128
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-00750
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many empty (a) private, and (b) public sector residential properties there have been in each local authority area in the South Scotland parliamentary region, in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-00645
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to meet the proposed summer 2022 deadline for the delivery of personal independence payments by Social Security Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-01123
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the coronavirus legislation in place.