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: S6O-00882
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Scotland's university principals.
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Question reference: S6O-00880
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of schools are being reported as in good or satisfactory condition.
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Question reference: S6O-00881
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to offer home fee status to refugees and other people displaced from Ukraine who wish to study in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00871
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much of, and through what application process, the Covid Economic Recovery Fund will be allocated to East Dunbartonshire Council.
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Question reference: S6O-00863
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the OSCE report, Policy responses to technology-facilitated trafficking in human beings, and accompanying recommendations on action areas for parliaments.
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Question reference: S6O-00885
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports of concerns regarding governance at South Lanarkshire College.
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Question reference: S6O-00875
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received an additional £290 million from the UK Government to support households facing financial difficulties as a result of the reported cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6O-00865
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour on Scotland's railways.
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Question reference: S6O-00869
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the most recent Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service court backlog figures.