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-31330
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in expanding the Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme to incentivise increased management and investment in the venison supply chain.
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Question reference: S6W-31316
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average workload is for forensic pathologists in Aberdeen, and how this compares with other regions in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-31358
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27639 by Jenny Gilruth on 28 May 2024, for what reason the summary report on access to counsellors in secondary schools and children and young people’s community mental health services for January to June 2023 has not yet been published, and by what date it will be.
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Question reference: S6W-31230
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Children and Young People last met NHS Scotland and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to discuss progression of the recommendations in the Education, Children and Young People Committee report that the government should work with it to identify the causes of any delays in access to support for children and young people with additional support needs {ASN) in mainstream schools.
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Question reference: S6W-31335
- Asked by: Michael Matheson, MSP for Falkirk West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to introduce a legislative vehicle to enable aspects of the accelerated climate policy package to be delivered.
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Question reference: S6W-31289
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost implications are of flying in locum pathologists from London to Aberdeen for post-mortem examinations.
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Question reference: S6W-31346
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that all primary school meals meet the nutritional standards set out in the nutritional requirements for food and drink in schools regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-31284
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for toxicology results in Aberdeen, and how this compares with other regions in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-31339
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures literacy rates among school pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-31307
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact of any delays in post-mortem examinations has been on legal proceedings in Aberdeen.
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