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-33438
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were (a) trained and (b) employed to provide SPS Throughcare Support Services in July 2019, and how many there are currently.
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Question reference: S5W-33436
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people used the Scottish Prison Service Throughcare Support Service in each month of (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 up to July, when it was suspended.
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Question reference: S5W-33095
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to prioritising the installation of low-carbon heating in the existing housing stock ahead of improving energy efficiency in that sector.
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Question reference: S5W-33378
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether specific guidance will be published for students from Scotland who are studying abroad and looking to return home for Christmas and, if so, by what date this will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-33433
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has carried out on projections for climate emissions for each of the next 10 years, and whether it will place a copy of this in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
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Question reference: S5W-33432
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5T-02535 by Mairi Gougeon on 17 November 2020 (Official Report, c.5), what its projection is for exporting each type of waste and recycling in each of the next 10 years, and whether it will place a copy of these in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
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Question reference: S5W-33161
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) hospital and (b) ICU admissions there have been for people presenting with symptoms of COVID-19 who have not tested positive for the virus.
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Question reference: S5W-33162
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether consideration it has given to distinguishing between the number of fatalities registered where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate and the number where it was (a) found to be the only cause of death and (b) determined that the deceased person had at least one underlying health condition.
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Question reference: S5W-33486
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of research by Scottish Renewables recording a 20% reduction since 2011 in the number of local authority planning department staff, how the forthcoming NPF4 planning reforms will ensure that the planning system will be focused on tackling the climate emergency.
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Question reference: S5W-33487
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of research by Scottish Renewables recording a 20% reduction since 2011 in the number of local authority planning department staff, how it will ensure that councils are appropriately resourced to deliver the planning consents needed to deliver the renewable energy generation required to meet the net-zero target.
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