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-02454
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the most recent baseline update is for (a) household and (b) commercial and industrial food waste arisings.
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Question reference: S6O-00181
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support Scotland’s move to a more circular economy.
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Question reference: S6W-02439
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of managing market influenced budgets in local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-02456
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32341 by Roseanna Cunningham on 6 October 2020, what progress has been made in considering the rural exemption for food waste.
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Question reference: S6W-02457
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of households (a) participates in local authority provided food waste collections, and (b) has access to food waste collections.
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Question reference: S6W-02458
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of households uses local authority provided food waste caddies.
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Question reference: S6W-02435
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to model future recycling performance.
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Question reference: S6W-02634
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many enquiries (a) it and (b) local authorities have received since March 2020 regarding a lack of provision of free personal care for under-65s.
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Question reference: S6W-02631
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31723 by Jeane Freeman on 9 November 2020, whether it will clarify if data on the provision of free personal care for under-65s has continued to be collected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and, if so, whether it will provide an update on when it expects to publish this data.
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Question reference: S6W-02633
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the provision of free personal care for under-65s in each local authority in each year since the introduction of Frank’s Law.
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