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-13741
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when section 50 of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019, prohibiting pavement parking, will come into force.
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Question reference: S6O-01832
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging increased patronage on rail routes serving Mid Scotland and Fife.
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Question reference: S6W-13548
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in (a) Fife and (b) the Central Scotland region rely on liquefied petroleum gas for heating or hot water.
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Question reference: S6W-13547
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of reports that, from 1 January 2023, Mossmorran terminal in Fife will no longer be supplying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and whether (a) it has had any meetings with Mossmorran terminal upstream partners to discuss this matter and (b) any contingencies have been put in place to ensure that people who rely on LPG can still access it.
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Question reference: S6O-01772
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring progress on its Covid Recovery Strategy commitment to improve financial security for low-income households.
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Question reference: S6W-12714
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has modelled the financial costs of implementing Medication Assisted Treatment standards (a) one to five and (b) six to 10, and whether it will publish these costs.
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Question reference: S6W-12718
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals had a near-fatal overdose in each of the last five years, and, of these individuals, how many were linked up with drug treatment services, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-12712
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether guidance regarding the pharmacological and psychological management of benzodiazepine dependency has been finalised, following the interim guidance made available in 2021, and, if this is the case, whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S6W-12713
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the reported £10 million per year provided for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
standards implementation is to cover implementation of all 10 standards.
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Question reference: S6W-12719
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it made of Section 1 and 1A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 during any consideration of introducing safer drug consumption facilities, and what conclusions it reached.