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-13387
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the National Carers Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-13389
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on engagement with social landlords regarding the approach to rent setting for 2023-24 in light of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-13062
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported statistics showing that the level of unpaid work that offenders need to carry out has risen to more than 700,000 hours.
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Question reference: S6W-13032
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has to support specifically limiting drive-through facilities above and beyond other development proposals including commercial leisure uses, offices, community and cultural facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-13036
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12387 by John Swinney on 29 November 2022, whether this same commitment extends to the full reinstatement costs of an alternative pedestrian river crossing.
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Question reference: S6W-13037
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a dedicated anti-fraud team has been established to tackle potentially fraudulent activity in relation to the Deposit Return Scheme, and when any such team was established.
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Question reference: S6W-13030
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the late inclusion of Policy 27, part (d) in the revised fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), what its reasoning is for not consulting further with industry.
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Question reference: S6W-13038
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated for the construction of Changing Places toilets in the South Scotland region since the creation of its £10 million Changing Places toilet fund.
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Question reference: S6W-13072
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12660 by Keith Brown on 7 December 2022, whether it will provide the information requested regarding what the specific timeline is for the removal of all of Hikvision cameras and equipment that are installed within the Scottish Government estate; by what date it expects this work to be completed, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its answer.
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Question reference: S6W-13063
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 20 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10856 by Ash Regan on 21/09/2022, for what reason it has opted to use the total number of people who answered the consultation (254), rather than the total number of people who answered Question 31 (137), in its analysis of Question 31 in the Review of Children (Scotland) Act 1995 consultation: analysis.