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: S5W-36237
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its energy efficiency investment in housing in Dundee in each year since 2016, also broken down by area.
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Question reference: S5W-36232
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many students have received support through the Care Experienced Bursary since its inception.
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Question reference: S5W-36225
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Dundee receive concessionary bus travel, broken down by eligibility type, and how many people it estimates will receive this when eligibility is rolled out to under-22s.
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Question reference: S5W-36230
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to universities and colleges in Dundee in each year since 2016, broken down by funding type.
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Question reference: S5W-36234
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have received non-domestic rates reductions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by area, and what total value of rates reduction it estimates has been received by businesses.
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Question reference: S5W-36236
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provided to tackle youth unemployment in Dundee in each year between 2006 and 2020, broken down by (a) support type and (b) amount of funding provided.
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Question reference: S5W-36233
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in Dundee have received 100% non-domestic rates relief in each year since 2006, also broken down by (a) area and (b) estimated total amount of rates relief.
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Question reference: S5W-36235
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in mental health services in Tayside in each year since 2016, broken down by (a) adult services and (b) CAMHS.
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Question reference: S5W-36231
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Dundee it estimates will receive the Pandemic Support Payments of £130 for households receiving Council Tax Reduction, and when they will receive these payments.
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Question reference: S5W-36224
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many P1 to P3 pupils in Dundee receive free school meals, and how many it estimates will receive them following the roll-out to P4 to P7 pupils.