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-03261
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the required childminder-to-child ratios are for childminders in Scotland; what the rationale is for these ratios, and when they were last reviewed.
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Question reference: S6W-03262
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address any shortages of childminders in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-03263
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what studies it has undertaken to determine the demand for childcare.
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Question reference: S6W-03119
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) its position is on and (b) commitments it has made regarding (i) informed external scrutiny of local authority climate change plans and (ii) regular reporting of associated route maps and reduction targets for each type of emission, broken down by (A) corporate and (B) area emissions.
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Question reference: S6W-03118
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many local authorities have paid environmentalists on their economic committees.
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Question reference: S6W-03260
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average drop-out rate at Scottish universities has been in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-02625
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the UK Government's investment in hydrogen as an alternative energy source, including the Acorn Hydrogen project in Aberdeenshire.
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Question reference: S6W-02561
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding whether digitised patient health records can be easily accessed by different bodies within the NHS, such as GP clinics, NHS boards and dentists.
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Question reference: S6W-03113
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it anticipates its proposals for Community Health and Social Care Boards as part of a National Care Service will impact on the delivery of the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03121
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure in each year since 2018.