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-02066
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that person-centred considerations are taken into account in relation to housing supply.
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Question reference: S6W-02069
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its strategy is for reducing the number of empty homes.
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Question reference: S6W-01902
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01062 by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021, when it anticipates proposals for a new developer funded station at Winchburgh will be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-01841
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in the last 12 months, how many people have (a) been assessed for free personal care and (b) received a care package and, of these, how many included personal care, also broken down by how many were (i) existing and (ii) new recipients of care packages.
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Question reference: S6W-01834
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the estimated level of rent arrears accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-01621
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of child abuse have been reported to social services in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-01619
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many two-year-olds have received funded early learning and childcare places in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-01831
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of each local authority's rapid rehousing transition plan, and whether it has concerns regarding any of them.
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Question reference: S6W-01836
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many affordable homes it estimates will be required in each local authority to meet local demand over the next decade.
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Question reference: S6W-01352
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop a boiler scrappage scheme to help households replace gas-fired boiler systems.
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