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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

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Question reference: S6O-02195

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 4 May 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to local authorities to tackle child hunger during the school holidays.

We are providing local authorities with £21.75 million to help families, who are eligible for free school meals on the basis of low income, with the cost of buying food during the 2023-24 school holidays.

This funding forms part of the most generous Free School Meals package anywhere in the UK.

In addition, by the end of this Parliament we are committed to building a system of year-round school age childcare, for those on the lowest incomes, that will integrate food and childcare provision where appropriate.

Question reference: S5W-17326

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5O-02253

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the provision of health services in deprived areas.

Question reference: S5W-16871

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 June 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in situations where council tax bills are unpaid due to a challenge, what its position is on councils instructing sheriff officers to take action before the challenge is considered, and what action it will take on this issue.

Council Tax is a local tax and it is for local authorities to ensure they comply with the relevant legislation concerning its administration and collection.

It is important that Council Tax Bills are correctly calculated, and I would be concerned if members of the public are being penalised where this is not the case. I will therefore raise this matter with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.

Question reference: S5O-02181

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on organisations in the culture and tourism industries that discriminate on the basis of ethnicity operating in Scotland.

Question reference: S5T-01111

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations on migration that were made by the Sustainable Growth Commission in the report, Scotland: the new Case for Optimism.

Question reference: S5O-02129

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending the voting franchise to all EU and non-EU adults who are resident in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-02037

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government how it enshrines the rights of young people, and how it plans to further embed these.

Question reference: S5O-02008

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what scope there is through its International Development Fund to support projects that are not in its four partner countries, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and Pakistan.

Question reference: S5O-01983

Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Current Status: Awaiting answer

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure the long-term protection of the marine environment, in light of reports that humpback whales are returning to Scottish waters.