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
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Question reference: S5W-32340
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) quantities and (b) types of suitable materials that have been diverted from the total food waste stream to other uses in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32337
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on action taken to develop best practice guidance and training for public sector procurement teams on using supply chains to reduce food waste, and how many (a) training sessions have been held, (b) staff have taken part from each (i) local authority and (ii) government department.
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Question reference: S5W-32341
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of the rural exemption for food waste.
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Question reference: S5W-32336
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what reduction in food waste there has been in (a) schools and (b) hospitals in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32342
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many collaborations between businesses that generate food waste and those that can utilise food waste as a resource it has facilitated since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32339
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the (a) costs and (b) outcomes of (i) advertising and (ii) outreach campaigns that it has run to promote food waste reduction in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32338
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on developing tools to measure food waste generated by the (a) hospitality and catering, (b) wholesale and retail, (c) education and (d) healthcare sector, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the amount of food waste generated by each sector in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-32344
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has given to the NHS national action plan to reduce food waste; which facilities the plan applies to, and what reduction in food waste it has achieved so far.
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Question reference: S5W-32435
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 October 2020
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31925 by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 October 2020, how it plans to satisfy its stated aim to "encourage increased capture rates" through the use of reuse and repair hubs if it does not record the capture rates.
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Question reference: S5W-32697
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture that "up to £9 million of funding will help with the costs of re-furloughing staff by supporting the 20% salary contribution required by the UK Government" and that "payment mechanisms for additional support on top of grants to support the top up costs of furlough currently met by business are being identified", when it expects to announce details of a payment mechanism to deliver additional support to businesses on top of existing commitments to help them meet their furlough contributions.
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