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-34347
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people aged over 70 have been asked to attend jury duty in each year since 2015-16, also broken down by how many had an application to be excused from service (a) accepted and (b) refused.
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Question reference: S5W-34420
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given consideration to directing local authorities to consider designating people that work in the (a) construction and (b) manufacturing industries as key workers for the purpose of accessing childcare provision in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-34421
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to directing local authorities to make childcare provision available in circumstances where both parents are required to undertake employment responsibilities outside of the home setting during the existing period of lockdown but only one parent has been categorised as a key worker by the relevant local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-33641
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what further consideration it has given to whether the NHS should fully meet the costs associated with mesh-injured women visiting Dr Dionysios Veronikis in the United States to undergo full mesh removal.
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Question reference: S5W-33642
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made for a £1,000 compensation award from the £1 million mesh fund that was opened in July 2020, also broken down by how many have (a) been approved, (b) been rejected and (c) yet to be processed.
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Question reference: S5W-33644
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to raise awareness among mesh-injured women of the £1 million mesh fund that was opened in July 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-33643
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many payments have been made from the £1 million mesh fund that was opened in July 2020, and what the total value is of all compensation that has been paid out so far to mesh-injured women.
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Question reference: S5W-32234
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to a public health campaign ahead of (a) Hallowe’en and (b) Bonfire Night to ensure that the (i) COVID-19 guidance is adhered to and (ii) emergency services are not overwhelmed.
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Question reference: S5W-32326
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether employment considerations such as a student holding a part-time job near to their family home would be considered as a "reasonable excuse" to return to the family residence for a short stay or visit, in accordance with the guidance for students published on 28 September 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-32041
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the (a) number and (b) percentage of pupils who have been wearing a face covering at all times when moving around school corridors and communal areas in each local authority since the updated guidance was published on 25 August 2020.