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-00575
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of the problem of sexual assault faced by girls at school.
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Question reference: S6W-04949
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04128 by Humza Yousaf on 30 November 2021, whether it will provide an update on its plans to display a person's COVID-19 booster vaccine status on the (a) paper vaccine certificate and (b) digital COVID passport.
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Question reference: S6W-05194
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to Scotland’s Climate Assembly’s recommendations.
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Question reference: S6W-05191
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Keith Brown on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on the progress of implementation of recommendations from Dame Elish Angiolini’s review of complaints handling, investigations and misconduct in relation to policing in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00585
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value of applications received from local authorities was, as part of the £32 million Local Bridge Maintenance Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-00584
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that opportunities for retraining in green skills are available to workers currently employed in the oil and gas sector, to enable them to assist in reducing Scotland’s carbon emissions.
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Question reference: S6O-00587
- Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its plans to bring ScotRail into public ownership are progressing.
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Question reference: S6O-00582
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its priorities are for Scotland’s railways in 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-00588
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that every GP has access to a dedicated mental wellbeing link worker.
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Question reference: S6O-00586
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has taken to prevent the casual purchase of pets for Christmas.