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: S6F-00041
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6F-00040
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6F-00039
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6W-00134
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people who are on frontline placements with the NHS or other public sector organisations, and who require to drive to carry out their duties, will be able to access driving tests and driving theory tests, in light of the reported backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00137
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the final report of the Site Recovery Group for St Ambrose and Buchanan High Schools in Coatbridge, and what discussions it has had with North Lanarkshire Council regarding the four key conclusions made by the Chair, including that "they require ongoing attention or because the Site Recovery Group is yet to be convinced that a solution has been found."
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Question reference: S6W-00130
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of Gaelic medium education in Edinburgh will have on the (a) funding and (b) timing of the proposed New Liberton High School.
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Question reference: S6W-00131
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its plan to offer the COVIID-19 vaccination to people aged 18 to 39 in some areas of Glasgow, whether it will reconsider the request from the offshore oil and gas sector to be given priority access to phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S6W-00080
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which suppliers of bicycles will be used to fulfil its policy of providing every child who cannot afford one with a bicycle.
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Question reference: S6W-00081
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider changing its guidance so that children under the age of 18, from the same household, do not count towards the total number of people meeting both outdoors and indoors, in light of restrictions on larger families with teenagers who are still unable to meet with one other family household, and in consideration of the effects of isolation on young people’s mental health.
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Question reference: S6W-00086
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to reducing social distancing requirements to one metre in places of worship.