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-26970
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to next update the Prevalence-Service Utilisation Ratio for people who are dependent on alcohol in Scotland, in light of the reported 40% reduction in the number of people accessing specialist alcohol treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-26971
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when Public Health Scotland will report on its investigation into the reasons behind the reported 40% reduction in the number of people accessing specialist alcohol treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-26976
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an estimate of how many jobs in (a) wind turbine manufacturing and (b) the supply-chain based in Scotland will be provided by the recently announced Green Volt project.
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Question reference: S6W-26840
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings and recommendations of LGBT Youth Scotland's Life in Scotland for LGBT Young People: Trans Report 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-26679
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of waiting times for clinical assessment for suspected hernias in NHS Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6W-26499
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken in response to the reported statistics that 42% of parents are spending more than a quarter of their entire household income on childcare.
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Question reference: S6W-26500
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 23 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken in response to the reported statistics that 41% of parents have had to rely on some form of debt or withdraw money from their savings to pay for childcare.
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Question reference: S6W-26957
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to conduct an assessment of the potential impact of its ban on industrial sandeel fishing in Scottish waters on puffin populations, and, if so, when it will report any findings resulting from such an assessment to Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26954
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the potential impact on its commitment to ban single-use vapes in the event that the UK Government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill is not passed by the UK Parliament, and what discussions the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has had with the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or any other UK Government ministers, regarding this Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-26956
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any threat of wildfires in national parks ahead of the summer season, and what the outcome was of any such assessment.