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-04610
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of requests made for legal aid funding, before an inquest, was successful, in each of the last 20 years.
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Question reference: S6W-04609
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform legal aid.
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Question reference: S6W-04611
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend access to legal aid.
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Question reference: S6W-04612
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to increase the availability of legal aid assistance in mediation cases.
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Question reference: S6W-04651
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what government funding is available for classic car shows, races and other similar events.
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Question reference: S6W-04619
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recent estimate it has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have closed in the Central Scotland region, broken down by month since June 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-04442
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to the NHS to ensure there is provision through GP and dental practices for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children coming to Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-04490
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital patients have tested positive for COVID-19, after having been admitted to hospital without the disease.
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Question reference: S6W-04335
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on media promotions relating to COP26.
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Question reference: S6W-04621
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people received support from the National Transition Training Fund between October 2020 and March 2021, and what the (a) average and (b) largest award was.
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