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-00844
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the efficacy is of each of the COVID-19 vaccines that are in use in Scotland, broken down by (a) first and (b) second dose.
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Question reference: S6W-00855
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32985 by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 November 2020, whether it will provide an update on the figures to date.
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Question reference: S6W-00862
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take to reverse the reported trend of missed carbon emissions targets.
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Question reference: S6W-00868
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hernia and (b) rectopexy mesh surgeries have been performed in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-01019
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a Scottish equivalent of United Kingdom Government Investments (UKGI).
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Question reference: S6W-01320
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the eligibility criteria that were required for businesses to be awarded Scottish Enterprise funding as part of the green jobs call, which closed on 1 July 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01172
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the eligibility criteria for Best Start Food payments to align with the rest of the UK, following the decision by Department of Health and Social Care to extend Healthy Start vouchers to people with no recourse to public funds.
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Question reference: S6W-01161
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many children aged under 16, who went missing in 2019, were still missing a year later.
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Question reference: S6W-01279
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the (a) total cost and (b) completion dates for the two ferries under construction at the Ferguson Marine shipyard.
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Question reference: S6W-01179
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on COVID-19 recovery funding support for town centres within the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley area.