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-31165
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when its Population Taskforce last met, and whether it will provide an update on (a) that meeting and (b) progress made by the group since the beginning of 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-31168
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Population Taskforce is now gathering additional information about (a) the potential to increase homeworking and (b) marketing the Highlands and Islands as a destination to live, work and study following the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote working.
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Question reference: S5W-31167
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the work and remit of its Population Taskforce will be expanded due to the changing nature of work in the wake of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-30893
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 13 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements will be put in place to allow friends and relatives of care home residents to be tested for COVID-19, using the same procedures as staff so that they can be allowed to visit.
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Question reference: S5W-30753
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 12 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking for a permanent provision to allow those who stop working in social care to register for free if they are willing to return in an emergency.
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Question reference: S5W-30754
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make the arrangements to provide PPE to care homes and other care providers through National Services Scotland permanent.
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Question reference: S5W-30752
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has established a national rapid reaction group for care homes; if so, who is on the group; who chairs it; who it reports to, and what decisions it has made to date.
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Question reference: S5W-30655
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 5 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what advice and guidance regarding ensuring that workplaces are clear from Legionnaires' disease it is providing to businesses that are re-opening following the lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-30751
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it has given to the Care Inspectorate, and when it will be able to restart inspections.
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Question reference: S5W-30378
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it uses (a) the Best Start Grant, (b) the School Clothing Grant, (c) Child Payment and (d) other mechanisms to boost the incomes of families living in poverty.