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: S4W-15264
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that strategic environmental assessments of single outcome agreements are carried out; what benefits such assessments bring, and what the implications might be if they are not undertaken.
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Question reference: S4O-02285
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government which policies in the Draft Scottish Planning Policy will inform local authority development plans in relation to housing needs for older people.
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Question reference: S4W-15232
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when the second round of data from the 2011 Scottish Census results, in relation to religion, will be released.
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Question reference: S4O-02187
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lothian.
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Question reference: S4W-14670
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 15 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11911 by John Swinney on 17 January 2013, who it plans to consult; what the timescale is, and what models it has considered as possible replacements for the council tax.
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Question reference: S4W-14526
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report, Managing the Social Risks of Public Spending Cuts in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-14527
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider developing a social risk impact assessment model to complement the process of equality impact assessments.
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Question reference: S4W-14598
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it will introduce the proposed Community Empowerment and Renewal Bill.
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Question reference: S4O-02040
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lothian regarding the board's investigation of readmission rates.
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Question reference: S4W-13795
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support capacity building in (a) financial, (b) project management and (c) business planning skills in local authorities.
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