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: S6W-15981
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the use of data centres as “digital boilers” to heat swimming pools, and, if so, how it is encouraging such use in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-15944
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 23 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is undertaking into the potential normalisation of violence in sexual activity.
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Question reference: S6O-02063
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is progressing its Covid Recovery Strategy commitments to improve financial security for low-income households.
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Question reference: S6W-15943
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey includes questions on the potential normalisation of violence in sexual activity.
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Question reference: S6W-15194
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with learning disabilities have accessed the Fair Start Scotland employment support service in each year since it was established, broken down by the outcomes for those people, including how may have gone onto sustained employment.
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Question reference: S6W-15190
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of any audits that (a) it and (b) its agencies have conducted regarding the impact of current employability support schemes for people with learning disabilities.
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Question reference: S6W-15036
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the proposed pay settlements for (a) the NHS, (b) local government and (c) commissioned social care on workforce (i) recruitment and (ii) retention for third sector social care providers, and how it will measure any such impact.
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Question reference: S6W-15035
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been undertaken of the efficacy of national recruitment campaigns in the social care sector in relation to (a) public, (b) private and (c) third sector providers, over the past five years.
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Question reference: S6W-15038
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been undertaken of recruitment and retention in the social care sector over the past five years.
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Question reference: S6W-15193
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to establish a full population estimate of the number of adults living in Scotland with a learning disability, in light of the Fraser of Allander Institute report, Invisible no more, which stated that current data is not fit for purpose.
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