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: S5W-32250
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it estimates will claim the Self-Isolation Support Grant.
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Question reference: S5O-04673
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it is providing for frontline policing, in light of the impact of reduced income streams from areas such as football and airports.
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Question reference: S5W-31500
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 28 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the modelling system that it has used to determine its testing programme; how many tests it estimates need to be undertaken to keep key workers in post; how it expects testing to be accessed; when all testing will be delivered locally; what the anticipated waiting time is (a) for local testing and (b) to receive results, and what advice it has issued on how to access tests.
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Question reference: S5W-31533
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 15 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments regarding care staff by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport during the ministerial statement on care homes on 1 September 2020 (Official Report, c. 64), what its position is on the level of pay across the social care sector, and whether it will abolish the registration fee that must be paid by those working in the sector in order to practice.
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Question reference: S5W-31018
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish guidance regarding restarting day care services and support for older people who have been isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-30865
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish details of the work that it is doing to support research into (a) a vaccine for and (b) the treatment and management of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5O-04535
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to empower local authorities to make decisions that will strengthen their communities as they move on following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5F-04297
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 August 2020
To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government is providing for the arts sector, in light of reported concerns regarding the impact of the lockdown on the sector and loss of jobs.
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Question reference: S5W-31038
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what methods it is using to monitor nutritional standards in the provision of holiday meals for children.
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Question reference: S5W-31039
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the results of any nutritional monitoring that it has carried out of food packages given to children during the summer holidays.