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-28089
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to replace the fishery protection vessel, MPV Minna, which came into service in 2003.
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Question reference: S6W-27989
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the new funding announced for diabetes technology will be ringfenced.
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Question reference: S6W-27953
- Asked by: Stephanie Callaghan, MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to (a) prevent severe topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) reactions that can result from long-term use of topical steroid treatments, (b) monitor and review the prescribing of topical corticosteroids on the NHS and (c) consider a four-nation approach to include TSW in the MedDRA clinical coding system.
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Question reference: S6W-27949
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy on 18 April 2024, what measures will be included in its timeline for implementing demand management as part of its route map to 20% reduction in car km; whether road pricing will be included as one of these measures, and what discussions it has had with the UK (i) Government and (ii) Office of the Leader of the Opposition regarding the implementation of such measures across the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-27959
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received a business case regarding the provision of diabetes technology, and, if so, when it plans to make a decision.
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Question reference: S6W-27931
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last reviewed the rate of Education Maintenance Allowance, and whether it will consider an inflationary increase in advance of the next Scottish Budget.
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Question reference: S6W-27936
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update the Parliament on its work to bring forward and implement a minimum income guarantee, and what it currently estimates the financial cost of such a policy to be.
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Question reference: S6W-27928
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take regarding reports that UHI Inverness plans to withhold 100% of pay for lecturing staff taking part in action short of strike, including any steps that are being taken to end the ongoing pay dispute, and what its position is on whether any such action by UHI is in line with fair work practices.
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Question reference: S6W-27933
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to have a national integrated ticketing system for public transport in place and operational before the end of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-28050
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 13 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the average ambulance response time is for a cardiac arrest in NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
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