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-14763
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is assessing the potential risk of future high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) transmission from released non-native game birds in Scotland to wild mammals including foxes and otters.
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Question reference: S6W-14582
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported Glasgow City Region City Deal funding for the Windmillcroft Quay restoration project, what steps are being taken to establish a continuous public promenade along the south bank of the River Clyde from Windmillcroft Quay to Pacific Quay, in order to address the area of restricted public access to the Clyde waterfront at Mavisbank Quay.
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Question reference: S6W-14729
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what review it has carried out regarding providing early payment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under public sector contracts.
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Question reference: S6W-14722
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the jobs that it has created for its staff in each of the last five years have been in rural and island communities.
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Question reference: S6W-14581
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of disease prevention measures for pets brought into Scotland under the Pet Travel Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-14949
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its consideration of the final report of the Scottish Mental Health Law Review.
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Question reference: S6W-14783
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the joint report by the National Autistic Society and Scottish Autism, Closing the Accountability Gap.
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Question reference: S6W-14766
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14257 by Elena Whitham on 30 January 2023, whether it will name the (a) 220 fire stations that were assessed as “poor or bad with regards suitability”, (b) 11 fire stations identified that do not have a water supply and (c) fire stations that do not have “sufficient” showering facilities, and, if it is unable to name these fire stations, for what reason it does not have a copy of, or access to, this information.
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Question reference: S6W-14769
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is between passing out of the Police College in Tulliallan and doing the Emergency Response Driver Training, broken down by division in each year for which data is available, and how many police officers are currently on a waiting list for their Emergency Response Driver Training.
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Question reference: S6W-14809
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to mark CyberScotland Week 2023 and, if so, how.