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-16690
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on service provision of reports that NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s deficit will double to £56 million.
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Question reference: S6W-16689
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on the delivery of the Universal Service Obligation of reports that the Royal Mail Group could soon go into administration.
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Question reference: S6W-15892
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that some local authorities have been unable to process payments of arrears of pay in March, following the recent agreement of a pay deal for teachers, and reported concerns that this means that some teachers' back pay will be subject to higher tax rates if not processed before the end of the 2022-23 tax year, what guidance it has given to local authorities on whether the tax on teachers' back pay is to be calculated and deducted for the closed year as if the additional pay had been paid at week 53, in accordance with HMRC guidelines.
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Question reference: S6W-16687
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government in order to improve the uptake of energy rebate vouchers among Scottish households with prepayment meters.
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Question reference: S6W-16132
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to announce an updated timescale for the introduction of its National Litter and Flytipping Strategy, and, if so, what the updated timescale is.
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Question reference: S6W-16131
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards the introduction of its National Litter and Flytipping Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-16133
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of reductions to local authority budgets on levels of littering across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16130
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that local authorities are properly resourced to provide waste management services and address littering.
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Question reference: S6W-16688
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will establish a Cabinet-level ministerial position focused on housing and tackling homelessness.
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Question reference: S6W-16158
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 19 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its Public Sector Pay Strategy 2023-24, whether Skills Development Scotland guidance is now to be updated to reflect that all employers should pay the real Living Wage, including in relation to apprentices (a) aged 19 and under and (b) in their first year.
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