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-36226
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in Dundee receive the Scottish Child Payment, and (a) how many people it estimates will be eligible and (b) what the total value of these payments will be in Dundee in each of the next three years.
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Question reference: S5W-36229
- 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 families in Dundee have received a school clothing grant since the fund's inception.
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Question reference: S5W-36223
- 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 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many houses have been built in Dundee in each year since 2016, also broken down by whether they were (a) affordable, (b) social rent or (c) private housing.
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Question reference: S5W-36228
- 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 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by project of capital investment in schools in Dundee in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-36227
- 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 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in Dundee through (a) Pupil Equity Funding and (b) the Attainment Scotland Fund since its inception.
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Question reference: S5W-35739
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the support that it has provided to Dundee City Council to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5O-05121
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it has provided to support efforts to reduce reoffending in Dundee and ensure continuity in delivering a fair and balanced approach to youth justice, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-35478
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been provided to Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in each local authority area since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-35479
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported the third sector and social enterprise sector since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, broken down by the size of organisation in receipt of support.
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Question reference: S5O-05107
- Asked by: Shona Robison, MSP for Dundee City East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Tay Cities Deal will have on Dundee.