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: S6O-01562
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring adequate support provision is available for staff and pupils in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-11243
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the senior leaders who will "take responsibility for driving the necessary changes and reporting on progress" of the implementation of the Medication Assisted Treatment Standards, as announced by the Minister for Drugs Policy to the Parliament on 23 June 2022, have now been appointed by local authority chief executives and chief officers, and whether it will publish the name and position of each local authority's responsible senior leader.
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Question reference: S6W-11300
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is marking the 20th anniversary of the Youth Music Initiative.
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Question reference: S6W-11298
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a list of any initiatives for which funding distribution has been paused while the Emergency Budget Review is completed, in light of reports in The Scotsman on 16 September 2022 that Creative Scotland was told by ministers that, in relation to the Youth Music Initiative for 2022-23, “all government portfolios have been asked to identify remaining non-contracted spend in 2022/23” and “to defer issuing contracts indefinitely”.
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Question reference: S6W-11299
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when distribution of funding for the Youth Music Initiative will be resumed following the “brief pause” reportedly advised in September 2022 by the Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development.
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Question reference: S6O-01448
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to support the museum and gallery sector during the cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6T-00904
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland's report, Ending the exclusion: Care, treatment and support for people with mental ill health and problem substance use in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01434
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring the availability of affordable housing, including for students at Scottish universities.
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Question reference: S6T-00841
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the report, Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2021, which was published on 28 July 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-10131
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what advice and support the Never Use Alone phone line, run by the charity We Are With You, provides.