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-09061
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 April 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 9 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many homeless people have used temporary accommodation in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S5W-09033
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what should happen to rental deposits held in secure schemes that are unclaimed after the cessation of the let.
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Question reference: S5W-08526
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will include a question in its next Household Survey questionnaire, which asks whether someone would consider downsizing to a home designed to meet their needs as they become older.
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Question reference: S5O-00855
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report to the UK Government, Each Home Counts.
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Question reference: S5F-01073
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2017
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that, in 2015, around one-in-five referrals to child and adolescent mental health services were rejected and, over the last three years, approximately 17,000 children and young people have been affected.
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Question reference: S5O-00820
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments by the divisional commander of British Transport Police in Scotland that its proposed merger with Police Scotland risks reducing the effectiveness of railway policing.
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Question reference: S5W-07224
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many families are in temporary accommodation in each local authority as a result of homelessness.
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Question reference: S5W-07225
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many B&Bs in each local authority have been used as emergency accommodation for homeless people in the last year.
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Question reference: S5O-00739
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that children receive quality early learning and childcare.
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Question reference: S5W-07226
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what policy recommendations its Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group has made in the last year.