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-04381
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that there is a shortage of (a) COVID-19 booster and (b) seasonal flu vaccines in NHS Lothian.
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Question reference: S6W-04477
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the advice it has issued to local authorities regarding the distribution of the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-04484
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget is for flood defences in (a) the current financial year and (b) each year up to 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-04472
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated to each local authority to operate the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-04475
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether loans provided under the previous tenant loan fund will be converted to grants.
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Question reference: S6W-04473
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the cut-off date for payments made under the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund is a matter for each local authority to decide.
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Question reference: S6W-04476
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 2 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether applications to the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund can be made by tenants directly, or whether this is restricted to registered landlords only.
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Question reference: S6W-04343
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03608 by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how many NHS boards have currently suspended elective surgery, and, for each NHS board, (a) for how long has the surgery been suspended and (b) when the surgery will resume, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its response.
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Question reference: S6W-04482
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03664 by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021, what its response is to reports that a significant number of GP surgeries in England are using outsourced remote services to provide phone and online consultations for their patients, and whether surgeries in Scotland will use outsourced remote services for such consultations.
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Question reference: S6W-04196
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the infrastructure required to meet the reported goal that three fifths of all new cars built by 2030 should be electric vehicles.
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