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-28281
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 April 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 June 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when NHS Lothian will receive confirmation that its COVID-19 plans will be funded.
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Question reference: S5O-04357
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 May 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local authorities to maintain any increased services resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-28114
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 23 April 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many registered short-term lets are (a) operating in each local authority and (b) registered to pay non-domestic rates; how many short-term lets' owners derive a benefit from the Small Business Bonus Scheme, and whether owners of short-term lets will derive a benefit from the grants that were set out in the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance to MSPs of 24 March 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-28026
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the school closures, what measures it has put in place to provide (a) access to meals, (b) internet access, (c) an appropriate space to (i) study and (ii) self-isolate, if required, and (d) other additional support for children in temporary homeless accommodation during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5O-04288
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to ensure that its labour market strategy protects the rights and pay of people in sectors perceived as undervalued or insecure.
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Question reference: S5W-27561
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the guidance regarding the short-term lets licensing scheme will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-27427
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of figures showing that the City of Edinburgh Council has not provided accommodation for homeless applicants on 1,405 occasions since January 2017, what its position is on the council’s Assurance Statement on Housing Services, which acknowledges existing failures on the use of unsuitable B&B accommodation but not its inability to meet its legal duty to provide temporary accommodation.
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Question reference: S5W-27489
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to support Scottish Canals to ensure that all canal bridges are operable and safe.
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Question reference: S5W-27491
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the primary purpose of the Scottish canal network is, and whether this includes it being navigable.
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Question reference: S5W-27490
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether dredging operations on canals are adequate to ensure that the whole canal network is navigable.
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