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-13118
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12689 by John Swinney on 8 December 2022, how many repossessed dwellings have received an exemption from council tax in each month of 2022, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-13269
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential costs to local authorities resulting from the roll-out of its Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-13366
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in developing health and social care workforce demand projections, in line with the National Workforce Strategy published in March 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-13229
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people since arriving in Scotland from Ukraine through the (a) Super Sponsor Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme have been (i) assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness, (ii) living in temporary accommodation and (iii) on a housing waiting list in each month since the start of the scheme, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-13236
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legislative requirements regarding the stunning of farmed fish at slaughter, which would be the equivalent to the requirements that already exist for terrestrial animals.
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Question reference: S6W-13235
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the merits of introducing mandatory CCTV in fish slaughterhouses, in line with the Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (Scotland) Regulations 2020, which, under the Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009, mandates the use of CCTV in slaughterhouses for terrestrial animals and excludes fish slaughterhouses.
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Question reference: S6W-13234
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the criteria that the Animal Plant and Health Agency uses to assess farmed fish welfare during inspections at fish processing sites in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-13272
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Graduate Development Programme was delivered in 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-13230
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of forecast reports conducted by Zero Waste Scotland showing any (a) potential savings and (b) net losses resulting from the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-13268
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects (a) local authorities and (b) other public bodies to purchase reverse vending machines as part of the Deposit Return Scheme and, if so, how many.