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-06820
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many non-disclosure agreements have been signed by it and its agencies in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06821
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) local authorities and (b) integration joint boards have received to tackle homelessness in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06814
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time has been for repair services following requests from tenants to each (a) local authority and (b) housing association in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06813
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many requests from tenants for repair services have been made to each (a) local authority and (b) housing association in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06815
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many housing officers have been employed by each local authority in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06838
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many care and repair schemes are in operation in each local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-06835
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on delivering improvements to home insulation in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06836
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated each year to each local authority to deliver the extension of free personal care to people under 65.
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Question reference: S6W-06844
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to help address the so-called digital divide.
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Question reference: S6W-06874
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support businesses, in light of a recent report suggesting that on average, in the last year, over four shops per day in main retail areas ceased trading.
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