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-27768
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 5 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards meeting its target of disabled people representing 19% of its workforce, as set out in its 2019 Recruitment and Retention Plan for Disabled People.
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Question reference: S6W-27769
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 5 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards meeting its target of 25% of its external recruits being disabled people by 2025, as set out in its 2019 Recruitment and Retention Plan for Disabled People.
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Question reference: S6W-27622
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 4 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what medical advice it had received, regarding any risks of blood clots, prior to its decision to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for under-30s in April 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-27619
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 4 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it first became aware of any dangers of aging reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).
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Question reference: S6O-03539
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of how it is working to ensure free music tuition to pupils in schools across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6T-02009
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to build resilience to flooding, in light of reports that heavy rain and flooding caused drivers to be stranded on the Edinburgh City Bypass for hours.
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Question reference: S6W-27458
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 28 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken to understand the cause of the e-gate outage at Scottish airports on 7 May 2024, and what it is doing to ensure that such an incident does not occur during the upcoming summer tourist season.
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Question reference: S6W-27383
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to promote coordination between schools and mental health services.
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Question reference: S6O-03485
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what forms of community engagement the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill mandates in relation to the creation of a land management plan for large land holdings.
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Question reference: S6W-27347
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the impact of the reductions in the number of police officers since 2008 on the force’s ability to respond to reports of a crime.
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