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-21755
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 23 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently participating in the Enhanced Drug Treatment Service in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-21729
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action VisitScotland has taken to secure UK and international conferences for Glasgow in each of the last seven years, since the closure of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.
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Question reference: S6W-21663
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that the (a) intellectual property and (b) industrial manufacturing supply chain development of the PALM-ALT research breakthrough at Queen Margaret University is retained in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-21708
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there are no National Galleries of Scotland or National Museums Scotland buildings in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-21682
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-21255 by Neil Gray on 21 September 2023, what it is doing to grow the number of manufacturing jobs.
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Question reference: S6W-21450
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 3 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that foster carers (a) are paid a Living Wage, adjusted in line with inflation and (b) in Glasgow receive a fair pay increase, and whether it will encourage Glasgow City Council to (i) consider an uplift of foster carers allowance to bring it in line with inflation and (ii) introduce an annual and consistent increase for foster carers allowance.
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Question reference: S6W-21391
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve monitoring of the quality and outcome of adult mental health services, in light of the only published monitoring at present reportedly being psychological therapies waiting times.
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Question reference: S6W-21014
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Senior Traffic Commissioner (a) prior to and (b) following the withdrawal of the proposed introduction of new voluntary guidelines to apply to the carriage of passengers to football matches in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-21437
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many data centres across all sectors are (a) in operation (b) under development in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-21430
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will replicate the Welsh Emerging Drugs and Identification of Novel Substances Project (WEDINOS) in Scotland.
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