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-21161
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland, 2022-23, for what reason 25% of Care at Home clients aged 18-64 were not in receipt of Free Personal Care as at 31 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20821
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by the country of manufacturer of the electric vehicles that are used across its fleet.
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Question reference: S6W-20823
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the amount of critical minerals required for its transport policies.
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Question reference: S6W-20813
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support research and development of Scotland-based processing centres to test and reassemble used lithium batteries for reuse.
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Question reference: S6W-20873
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the staff attrition rate in (a) public sector and (b) publicly-funded bodies in each of the past three years.
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Question reference: S6W-20814
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in developing a domestic recycling infrastructure for (a) electric vehicle and (b) other types of batteries.
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Question reference: S6W-20817
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of any meetings that it has held with original equipment manufacturers of electric vehicle batteries in the past three years to explore opportunities to site manufacturing and/or reprocessing facilities in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-20825
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Scotland’s rail (a) track, (b) vehicle kilometres and (c) freight journeys are electrified.
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Question reference: S6W-20818
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of electric vehicle batteries reaching the end of their first life it expects to be caught by domestic reprocessing options by (a) 2035 and (b) 2050.
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Question reference: S6W-20816
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has carried out since 2021 to identify potential second-life stationary storage applications for electric vehicle batteries.
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