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-05463
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to introduce a non-domestic boiler scrappage scheme and, if it does, when it will be introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-05461
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual budget for the Energy Efficiency Business Support scheme has been in each year since its foundation.
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Question reference: S6W-05425
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been claimed in energy efficiency grants for energy retrofit programmes by each local authority, in each year since 2008.
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Question reference: S6W-05575
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering data from other parts of the UK in the development of its COVID-19-related policies.
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Question reference: S6W-05787
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to apply its guidance on active carbon management to each City Region and Growth Deal.
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Question reference: S6W-05811
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when its guidance on active carbon management will include alignment with adaptation plans, particularly in relation to the choice and design of City Region and Growth Deal projects and their role in helping the country adapt to climate impacts in the future.
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Question reference: S6W-05656
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to freedom of information request reference FOI/2021/00261224, what the role of its "overseas office" is in London, England.
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Question reference: S6W-05657
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what overseas offices it plans to establish over the next four years, and what funding has been allocated to the establishment and maintenance of such offices.
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Question reference: S6W-05720
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been guaranteed a pipeline of low-carbon work.
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Question reference: S6W-05452
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to invest in early intervention to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people.
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