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-09069
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comment by the General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing Scotland that "nursing staff are being driven out by the current way of working - the shortage of staff and too often the poor culture".
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Question reference: S6W-09022
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its proposals as part of the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan to electrify the rail route between Perth and Dundee.
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Question reference: S6W-09004
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the support requirements necessary to allow small hospitality businesses to implement mandatory reporting of food waste and surpluses.
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Question reference: S6W-09014
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many journeys have been completed by young people using a free bus pass through the Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, based on the latest information available.
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Question reference: S6W-09054
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how mobile home owners who are on sub-meters for their energy can register for the Priority Services Register.
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Question reference: S6W-09036
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many social care staff have (a) joined and (b) left the sector in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-09017
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07866 by Jenny Gilruth on 3 May 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people have now received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by age range, based on the latest information available.
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Question reference: S6W-08983
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by which date in Autumn 2022 it will publish its previously delayed, updated Energy Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-09025
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will extend the deadline for the Local Rail Development Fund in order that current grantees can complete their appraisals.
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Question reference: S6W-09016
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07866 by Jenny Gilruth on 3 May 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people have now received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by local authority, based on the latest information available.