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-13021
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of current rates of inflation for the construction industry on the non-domestic rates revaluation of public sector properties, based on rebuild costs.
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Question reference: S6W-12997
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to Skills Development Scotland, how it measures (a) outcomes, (b) performance and (c) value for money.
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Question reference: S6W-12995
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Advisory Council for Economic Transformation has met in the last year.
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Question reference: S6W-12993
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board has met in the last year.
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Question reference: S6W-13003
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many active working groups there are that fall under the remit of (a) rural affairs, (b) agriculture and (c) islands, and whether it will provide a list of these groups.
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Question reference: S6W-12998
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12376 by Mairi McAllan on 1 December 2022, whether it applied any monitoring and evaluation criteria to the initial £2 million of loss and damage funding that was announced on 11 November 2021, prior to funding being awarded to projects.
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Question reference: S6W-12994
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board, how it assesses (a) outcomes, (b) performance and (c) value for money.
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Question reference: S6W-13007
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Redress Scotland Progress Report 2022, which was published on 5 December 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12970
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the UK Health Security Agency issuing an alert in relation to Strep A, following a rise in cases and the deaths of six children in England and Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-12943
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will propose a debate in the Parliament on the scale and scope of the work to be allocated to the working group that is due to precede the proposed citizens' assembly on local government funding prior to the working group becoming operational.