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-21262
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 21 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many accused have been offered alternatives to prosecution for assault in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6O-02532
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that body-worn cameras will be delivered to over 14,000 police officers, in light of its 2023-24 Programme for Government commitment to support Police Scotland to achieve this.
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Question reference: S6W-20616
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19825 by Natalie Don on 27 July 2023, when it anticipates it will be able to provide clarity regarding the sum outstanding on the anticipated £500 million in the fund, and how it anticipates the remaining allocation will be spent.
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Question reference: S6W-20511
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the policy grounds were for deciding that those over the age of 61 do not qualify for a student loan in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-20351
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out to protect private water supplies in rural Scotland from any damage caused by forest felling when developing new wind farms.
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Question reference: S6W-20592
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to local authorities from the Ukraine Longer Term Resettlement Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-20510
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to widen student loan eligibility for those over the age of 61.
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Question reference: S6W-19825
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 27 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund has been spent to date.
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Question reference: S6W-19824
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 27 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund is meeting all of its aims, and whether any further assessment has been made of its impact on supporting families across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-19827
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 17 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will receive any Barnett consequential funding as a result of the UK Government's £5 million fund for Arts Council England's Supporting Grassroots Live Music Fund, and, if so, whether any such funding will be ring-fenced to support the Scottish grassroots music sector.