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-34475
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many carers have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded the £500 "thank you" bonus to date.
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Question reference: S5W-34653
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 1 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the role played by unpaid carers during the COVID-19 pandemic, whether it will consider providing a "thank you" bonus through a Carer's Allowance top-up.
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Question reference: S5W-34671
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 18 January 2021, Extra funding to support unpaid carers, what information it has regarding how many unpaid carers there are; how many will be able to access the £750,000 being allocated, and what the average payment will be.
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Question reference: S5W-34654
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 18 January 2021, Extra funding to support unpaid carers, whether the £750,000 allocated to unpaid carers is new money and, if not, from which budget stream it has been sourced.
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Question reference: S5W-34655
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it is having with unpaid carers directly, and not through carers' organisations, to help ensure that their experience of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic helps inform the recovery from it.
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Question reference: S5O-04990
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the current benefits system can be used to support people who have been impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic and are currently not receiving the benefits that they are entitled to.
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Question reference: S5F-04760
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 January 2021
To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government is putting in place to catch up with the reported six-month backlog of cervical screening tests, and whether priority will be given to people who have previously had an abnormal result.
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Question reference: S5W-34603
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to monitor the inclusion of compliance with fire alarm standards in home reports.
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Question reference: S5W-34602
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Conditions Survey will be updated to include a question regarding the tolerable standards of people’s homes so that compliance with the updated regulations on fire and heat alarms can be monitored.
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Question reference: S5W-34601
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support and other assistance it will offer people on low incomes to help them comply with its updated regulations on fire and heat alarms.