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-31231
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many student educational psychologists have joined the workforce in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-31218
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address the issue highlighted in the SQA Higher History Review 2024 that "recruitment and retention of sufficient markers has become increasingly challenging over recent years".
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Question reference: S6W-31247
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what specific measures are in place to verify that third sector organisations meet fair work criteria once they receive public grants.
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Question reference: S6W-31257
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support all alcohol and drug partnerships to establish (a) alcohol harms groups and (b) alcohol death review groups.
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Question reference: S6W-31262
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on forensic pathology services in Aberdeen in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-31266
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many part-time forensic pathologists have been based in Aberdeen in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-31254
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to improve productivity in the public sector, and how it measures any progress on this.
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Question reference: S6W-31173
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how often cabins on sailings of the passenger Northern Isles Ferry Services between Aberdeen-Lerwick have reached full bookable capacity in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-31232
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many buildings have had reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) removed to date (a) in total and (b) with the assistance of government funding.
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Question reference: S6W-31256
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the (a) Alcohol and Drug Partnerships in Scotland: Annual Survey 2023/24 and (b) finding that only (i) 30% of alcohol and drug partnerships have an alcohol harms group and (ii) 27% have an alcohol death review group.
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