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-03008
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assist people on low incomes in accessing cheaper energy.
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Question reference: S5W-03007
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of households with pre-payment meters.
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Question reference: S5W-03013
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of changes to the reported reduction of part-time courses in the further education sector.
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Question reference: S5W-03016
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in addressing the reported gap in educational attainment with regard to (a) school qualifications, (b) university places and (c) college places.
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Question reference: S5W-03014
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the maximum parental annual income level has been in each year since 2007 for children to be eligible for free school meals.
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Question reference: S5W-03015
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on increasing the provision of free school meals.
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Question reference: S5W-03057
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reverse the reported fall in the number of women attending college.
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Question reference: S5W-03062
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many families with (a) children and (b) a pregnant woman who are in B&B accommodation have been so for more than one week.
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Question reference: S5W-02268
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the suggestion in the Scottish Housing Condition Survey 2014 that the main cause of failing to meet the standard in all tenures relates to poor energy efficiency, what measures it plans or has introduced to improve energy efficiency in (a) social housing and (b) the private sector.
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Question reference: S5O-00211
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase support for people with Crohn’s disease or colitis.