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-00310
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date its fast-track cancer diagnostic centres will be open in (a) NHS Fife (b) NHS Ayrshire and Arran, and (c) all other health boards.
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Question reference: S6W-00304
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence is available to demonstrate that the benefits of vaccinating under-30s outweigh the risks, given that the vaccines that may be used for this are still undergoing trials.
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Question reference: S6W-00315
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) engage in and (b) fund research into the impacts of long-COVID.
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Question reference: S6W-00450
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance is available for students in further and higher education who are experiencing difficulties in affording their rent.
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Question reference: S6W-00313
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many radiotherapists worked for NHS Scotland at the end of each financial year since 2015-16.
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Question reference: S6W-00429
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the £2.2 million of funding from Transport Scotland to The City of Edinburgh Council to install electric vehicle infrastructure has been spent on, in light of Edinburgh reportedly having the second worst ratio of electric vehicle charging devices per 100,000 people in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-00473
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve work-related outcomes for referrals to the Fair Start Scotland service, and what its response is to reports that 91.71% of people referred to the service in East Ayrshire did not achieve a 26-week job outcome after their time in the programme.
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Question reference: S6W-00443
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has reviewed the guidance on whether parents and guardians can attend nursery and school graduations.
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Question reference: S6W-00428
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, in light of 20% of all ultra low emission vehicles in Scotland being registered in Edinburgh, the city has the second worst ratio of electric vehicle charging devices per 100,000 people in Scotland, and what action it is taking to improve Edinburgh’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-00454
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the minor ailments scheme in each of the last five years, and how many people have received support from the service.
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