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-06843
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government which local authorities have introduced additional payment for the uplift of garden waste.
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Question reference: S6W-06860
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04421 by John Swinney on 24 November 2021, whether it will provide an update regarding what progress it has made in delivering The Promise.
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Question reference: S6W-06819
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been made to Police Scotland of third sector or charity organisations experiencing a cyber-attack in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06818
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports have been made to Police Scotland of individual households experiencing a cyber-attack in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-06837
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the new cancer strategy.
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Question reference: S6O-00821
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many members have been unable to establish a constituency or regional office.
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Question reference: S6W-06841
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many libraries have closed in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6O-00837
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help support the ending of homelessness and rough sleeping in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-06431
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide to off-gas-grid householders regarding whether all options for decarbonising heat have been assessed in full in order to give consumers maximum choice.
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Question reference: S6W-06429
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05804 by Patrick Harvie on 1 February 2022, whether the Green Heat Finance Taskforce will consult the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) and bioLPG sector about decarbonising heating systems in off-gas-grid properties.