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-23976
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the longest period of time has been between a Best Start Foods card being issued and it being activated since the scheme was established.
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Question reference: S6W-23978
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many people and (a) what percentage of the total number of people who have received a Best Start Foods card have not activated their card since the scheme was established to date.
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Question reference: S6O-02989
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to discuss out-of-hours GP services in Inverclyde.
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Question reference: S6W-23336
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in each of the last five years, how much money was allocated to the Home Heating Support Fund, and how much of the fund was spent by the time the fund closed for new applications.
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Question reference: S6W-23338
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total amount allocated to the Home Heating Support Fund was for 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-23337
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the Home Heating Support Fund has been spent in the current year to date.
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Question reference: S6W-23339
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Home Heating Support Fund, what the total number of applications (a) made and (b) rejected has been in 2023-24 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-23335
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the most common reasons are for applications to the Home Heating Support Fund being rejected.
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Question reference: S6O-02787
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jackson Carlaw (on Behalf of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body) on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what mental health support it has in place for SPCB and MSP staff, and what work it has done to promote available resources.
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Question reference: S6W-22748
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06439 by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022, what the current status is of its work on adopting a formal definition of Islamophobia; whether it will commit to adopting the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' definition of Islamophobia, and, if so, within what timeframe.