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-04373
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage universities to make their facilities more accessible to disabled people.
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Question reference: S5W-04004
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03667 by Humza Yousaf on 24 October 2016, under what criteria in the ScotRail franchise a train can be cancelled.
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Question reference: S5W-04374
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to take to reduce the number of people living in fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S5F-00470
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2016
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation.
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Question reference: S5W-04139
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 can be used by local authorities to ensure that their rents reflect local rental market changes.
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Question reference: S5W-04140
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanism is in place to ensure that mid-market rent landlords respond to Office for National Statistics data showing a fall in private rental prices in the 12 months to September 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-03672
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many care workers receive at least the living wage.
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Question reference: S5W-03671
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what outpatient neuro-physiotherapy services are available to people in Glasgow who have experienced stroke.
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Question reference: S5W-03936
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many families have children who have received free school meals in each year since 2005.
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Question reference: S5W-03939
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been provided to Inclusion Scotland to run the Access to Elected Office Fund, and whether this will run until summer 2017, as set out in its Programme For Government.
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