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-31654
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 16 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) applications, (b) offers and (c) loans have been made through the Private Rent Sector Landlord COVID-19 Loan Scheme.
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Question reference: S5O-04581
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment made by the Lord Advocate in April 2018 regarding raising proceedings against companies and Scottish limited partnerships for failure to comply with their statutory duties to provide information to Companies House, what progress there has been and whether there have been any convictions.
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Question reference: S5W-31406
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 31 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to end the risk of homelessness faced by domestic abuse victims who are seeking to exit a joint tenancy under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
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Question reference: S5W-30884
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 18 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the evaluation of the Small Business Bonus Scheme, and when the results will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-30601
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on its Housing to 2040 strategy, and what the timescales are for completing its consultation and other relevant work.
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Question reference: S5W-30602
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not appointed any representatives of private tenants on its private Rented Sector Resilience Group.
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Question reference: S5W-29743
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it took to implement the recommendations of Exercise Cygnus on the UK's pandemic response, including the (a) preparation of a methodology for assessing social care capacity and surge capacity, (b) management of excess deaths in the community, (c) mapping of capacity of third sector organisations and developing a strategy for national direction of voluntary resources during a pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-29748
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when each Regional Resilience Partnership last ran a pandemic planning exercise, and whether it will publish the results of these.
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Question reference: S5W-29749
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it last tested its local response arrangements as identified by the report on Exercise Cygnus (page 7, Key Learning 1) on the UK's pandemic response.
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Question reference: S5W-29745
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 June 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 16 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for eviction proceedings have not yet been decided by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber).