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
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Question reference: S6W-23786
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Claire Baker on 9 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has made any commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals within its functions, and, if so, what commitments it has made.
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Question reference: S6O-02900
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its cross-government co-ordination on islands policies, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any impact on island communities of its proposed EPC reforms.
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Question reference: S6W-23332
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of the £30 million capital funding from the Energy Industries budget line that has been reprofiled to future years.
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Question reference: S6W-23021
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22369 by Lorna Slater on 1 November 2023, what information it received on the due diligence carried out by Circularity Scotland as part of the tender process.
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Question reference: S6W-23015
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22381 by Paul McLennan on 7 November 2023, what action it is taking to receive up-to-date data on the number of households with prepayment meters.
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Question reference: S6W-23012
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 29 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22527 by Gillian Martin on 9 November 2023, what the energy output would be of the current live applications, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-23013
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22338 by Neil Gray on 7 November 2023, what specific guidance the Energy Consents Unit uses when completing a data check.
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Question reference: S6W-23014
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22334 by Neil Gray on 7 November 2023, on what date is expects to publish the outcomes.
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Question reference: S6W-23022
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22380 by Gillian Martin on 30 October 2023, what the (a) name, (b) remit and (c) membership is of each working group that the Minister for Energy and the Environment chaired.
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Question reference: S6W-23023
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 28 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22380 by Gillian Martin on 30 October 2023, what the outcomes were of each of the working group meetings chaired by the Minister for Energy and the Environment.