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-04699
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Police Scotland officers in U Division have been routinely deployed in the Ayrshire area in each month since January 2018.
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Question reference: S6O-00506
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding cross-government action to improve connectivity for Scotland’s island communities.
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Question reference: S6W-04547
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing a mechanism for members of the public to make representations regarding licensing applications under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland) Regulations 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04500
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 30 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03367 by Lorna Slater on 26 October 2021, whether the Deposit Return Scheme will have a phased introduction or will apply to all businesses affected on the same date.
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Question reference: S6W-04293
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to support the call of Living Streets Scotland to (a) agree and publish in the first half of 2023 guidance as to when the ban on pavement parking and other related provisions, including drop kerbs and double parking, will be fully enforceable, (b) agree and publish an implementation timetable with local authorities, (c) launch a proactive campaign to promote responsible parking behaviours that protect older people, disabled people and children ahead of the legislation coming into force and (d) make a commitment to begin evaluating conditions on streets, taking into account the experiences of disabled people in particular, ahead of the ban.
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Question reference: S6W-04377
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school teachers have stopped teaching as a career in each year since 2017-18, broken down by subject taught.
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Question reference: S6W-04378
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary school music teachers have left their posts in each year since 2019-20.
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Question reference: S6W-03671
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the briefing paper from the Scottish Human Rights Commission, COVID-19 Status Certificates: Human Rights Considerations from April 2021; whether it has addressed the recommendations made in the briefing, and, if not, whether it plans to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-03673
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the request by the Scottish Human Rights Commission for a human rights analysis of vaccine passports.
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Question reference: S6W-03672
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a human rights assessment has been carried out of the COVID-19 vaccine certification scheme, and, if so, what the conclusion of the assessment was.
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