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.
Criathragan Hide all filters
Displaying 504 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S6W-19216
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Climate Justice Fund, including details of what the money dedicated to this fund is being spent on.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-19018
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the National Treatment Centre for orthopaedics at Carrick Glen.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-19040
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to ensure that women from the most deprived areas in Ayrshire and Arran attend their cervical screening appointment, in light of reported evidence suggesting that they are less likely to attend compared with those from the least deprived areas.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-19041
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the number of women attending their cervical screening appointments in NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-18835
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11285 by Keith Brown on 25 October 2022, whether it will provide an update on its plans to create a Peace Institute by 2022, and what the (a) location, (b) cost and (c) remit of this body will be.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-18723
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether a Scottish Education Exchange Programme is on course to be delivered within the current parliamentary session.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-18722
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the delivery of a Scottish Education Exchange Programme within the current parliamentary session would mean that students will be on mobility programmes in the 2025-26 academic year.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-02387
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the final report of the independent review of the skills delivery landscape.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-18203
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its innovation strategy.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-18257
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) core beds there are and (b) additional beds were brought in for COVID-19, across NHS Ayrshire and Arran, broken down by NHS facility.