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-20400
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan funding for secondary improvements in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-20401
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been distributed through the Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan scheme for energy efficiency measures in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-20398
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have received Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan funding for renewable systems, including energy storage systems and district heating scheme connections, in each of the last five years, broken down by system type.
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Question reference: S6W-20402
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been distributed through the Private Rented Sector Landlord Loan scheme for secondary improvements in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-20489
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its report, A Caring, Compassionate and Human Rights Informed Drug Policy for Scotland, which are the further changes to drugs policy “not dependent on constitutional change” that it has identified.
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Question reference: S6W-20481
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken any research into regulated markets for the reduction of harm and the safe control of substances.
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Question reference: S6W-20482
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 30 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on plans to create a specific Deaths in Custody unit within the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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Question reference: S6W-20496
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether its forthcoming palliative and end of life care strategy will empower community nursing teams to care for children in their own homes.
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Question reference: S6W-20497
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish its palliative and end of life care strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-20498
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what focus will be given specifically to the delivery of general and specialist palliative care in remote rural and island communities in its palliative and end of life care strategy.
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