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
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Question reference: S6W-17458
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) regarding financial support to permanently extend the daily operating hours of the Glasgow Subway once the full modernisation programme has been completed, including the installation of Platform Screen Doors (PSDs) in all Subway stations to enable unattended train operation (UTO).
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Question reference: S6W-17474
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support local authorities to promote and deliver the Scottish Welfare Fund in order to support low-income families, as recommended in the Poverty Alliance report, “It’s hard work being poor” Women’s Experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-17558
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), as a percentage of frontline spend, this parliamentary session, broken down by financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-17559
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to mental health services, as a percentage of frontline spend, this parliamentary session, broken down by financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-17307
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any competitive commercial advantage that the port facilities on the River Forth may now have, relative to those on the River Clyde, as a result of the establishment of the Forth Green Freeport.
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Question reference: S6W-17457
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the University of Strathclyde regarding the future development of the Technology and Innovation Zone at the campus, in light of reports that the procurement procedure for the design and construction of the planned Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) East and West Buildings has been discontinued.
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Question reference: S6W-17210
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will request that the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service initiate an options appraisal and consultation on the potential disposal of the large surface car park to the south of Glasgow Sheriff Court, or selling the air rights above it while retaining a car parking facility, to promote mixed-use residential development as part of the wider regeneration of Laurieston district, and the restoration of Gorbals Cross as a key urban set-piece in the southside of Glasgow, including the reconstruction of an active street frontage to Norfolk Street and Gorbals Street.
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Question reference: S6W-17169
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Liberty Steel has secured a A$50 million (US$33.6 million) government grant to partially fund the installation of a new low-carbon Q-One Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) from Italian equipment manufacturer, Danieli, which is reported to require a capital investment of between A$400 and 500 million, at its Whyalla plant in South Australia, and whether it will pursue a similar opportunity with the company for Liberty's Dalzell and Clydebridge steel works at Motherwell and Cambuslang.
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Question reference: S6W-17465
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the redevelopment of the Institute of Neurological Sciences in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6O-02216
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of the Scottish Welfare Fund.