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
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Question reference: S6W-27000
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it discussed in its meetings with Glasgow City Council on (a) 19 and (b) 27 February 2024 regarding teacher numbers, and whether a minute of each meeting exists.
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Question reference: S6W-27075
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £30 million of targeted investment to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists, as announced on 1 April 2024, will be spent, and how much is being allocated to each NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-27074
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many times, and on which dates, it has met with local government to discuss a Fiscal Framework for local government since the publication of the Verity House Agreement on 30 June 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-27036
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many village to town routes have been funded under recommendation 3 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2), and what proportion of the total possible routes this represents.
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Question reference: S6W-27042
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence was used to support the statement in the appraisal summary for recommendation 6 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) that there has been “effective delivery of behavioural change initiatives in Scotland”, in light of the 2022 Active Travel National Indicator showing that journeys by active travel under two miles have fallen since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-27082
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26786 by Jenny Gilruth on 25 April 2024, what its position is on Glasgow City Council's reported plan to substantially reduce the number of teacher posts.
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Question reference: S6W-27076
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional (a) appointments and (b) procedures will be delivered through the £30 million of targeted investment to help reduce inpatient and day-case waiting lists, as announced on 1 April 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27085
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when SEPA last met with the Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) cross-government group regarding fipronil and imidacloprid levels detected in UK surface waters, and what steps it is taking to reduce these levels in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-27070
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will conduct an assessment of any environmental impact of replacing grass pitches with artificial turf pitches that includes a full life-cycle assessment of the manufacture, use and disposal of artificial turf pitches and crumb rubber from playgrounds.
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Question reference: S6W-27051
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) kilometres of bus priority lanes and (b) other strategic bus priority measures have been put in place since the adoption of recommendation 14 of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
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