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: S5W-19128
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 9 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many households in each local authority area have (a) applied for and (b) received support from the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS) in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-19129
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many households in each local authority area have (a) applied for and (b) received support for (i) a new boiler or heating replacement system, (ii) solar panels, (iii) air source heat pumps and (iv) biomass energy systems in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5W-18671
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many high court trials in each year since 2008 started in excess of the 140-day target from full committal, broken down by the average length of delay.
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Question reference: S5W-18865
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) median and (b) mean total household income has been of applicants to the Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme in each quarter since 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-18801
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on using the top-up powers to add a supplement to child benefit for people in receipt of the child element of universal credit.
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Question reference: S5W-18802
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 25 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to top-up child benefit by £5.00 per week for people in receipt of the child element of universal credit.
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Question reference: S5W-18670
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many high court trials in each year since 2008 started no later than the 140-day target date from full committal.
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Question reference: S5W-18588
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last audited the rates that can be charged by locums providing GP cover and how they compare with GP salaries.
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Question reference: S5W-18585
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what the average rate paid for locums filling GP vacancies was in each NHS board area in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016, (e) 2017 and (f) 2018 to date.
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Question reference: S5W-18587
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is a maximum time for which a locum can be employed to cover GP vacancies, and what the average time for a locum providing GP cover has been in each of the last five years.
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