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-06560
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the finding in the Scottish House Condition Survey 2015 that 52% of homes were not weather-tight, what action it will take to improve energy efficiency in houses.
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Question reference: S5W-06552
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish House Condition Survey 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-06062
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has excluded research postgraduate courses, including research masters degrees, from its package of postgraduate student support announced on 19 December 2016, and whether it plans to include research masters degrees in future support packages.
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Question reference: S5W-06099
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has examined the correlation between changes in applications for Scottish Welfare Fund Crisis Grants and the roll-out of universal credit and, if so, what its conclusions are.
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Question reference: S5W-05922
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it assesses the status of wild pollinators.
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Question reference: S5W-05920
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its pollinator strategy and action plan.
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Question reference: S5W-05921
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will be providing funding to the UK Pollinator Monitoring and Research Partnership and, if so, how much.
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Question reference: S5W-05548
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what rights to support (a) Work First Scotland and (b) Work Able Scotland will have, and how these rights will be ensured.
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Question reference: S5W-05516
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have (a) requested and (b) been provided with continuing care in each year since 2014, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-05549
- Asked by: Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the per-head spending will be on the (a) Work First Scotland and (b) Work Able Scotland programme, and how this compares to per-head spending on the same types of participants on the UK Work Programme and Work Choice schemes.
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