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 8794 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S5F-04752
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34582
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people (a) applied for and (b) received the Self-Isolation Support Grant in October 2020, broken down by gender.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34583
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on publishing a breakdown of details of Self-Isolation Support Grant (a) applications and (b) awards by gender.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34208
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 20 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33868 by Fiona Hyslop on 14 December 2020, on what date the current exclusivity agreement between Scottish Enterprise and Flamingoland was renewed.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34211
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many frontline NHS workers have been tested using lateral flow testing in each week of December 2020, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34414
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32250 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 October 2020, whether it will publish the modelling used to calculate the figure of upwards of £11 million for the remainder of this financial year.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34413
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32250 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 October 2020, how many people it estimates are eligible to receive the Self-Isolation Support Grant should they need to self-isolate.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34202
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33864 by Kevin Stewart on 17 December 2020, what analysis it has carried out of the potential impact of asbestos on public health in Scotland; when it last met the UK Government to discuss the eradication of the substance, and how frequently such meetings take place.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34212
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many care homes have carried out lateral flow testing for visitors in each week of December 2020, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-34412
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish data for November and December 2020 Self-Isolation Support Grant applications and claims.
Answer
![](/assets/images/loader.gif)