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-23523
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when Police Scotland will introduce a National Dashcam Safety Portal.
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Question reference: S6W-23219
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns regarding the time being taken on the reinstatement of the roads, pavements and cycle lanes along the new tram line from York Place to Newhaven in Edinburgh, and what its position is on whether the City of Edinburgh Council is meeting its statutory responsibilities for local road maintenance and repair, as required by the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
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Question reference: S6W-23076
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) capital and (b) recurrent funding it has committed to support the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, and what the business case is for the return on any such investments.
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Question reference: S6W-23067
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the suspension of home sharing and house swapping from the short-term lets licensing scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-23068
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice has received a request under rule 9 of the Inquiry Rules 2006 for evidence regarding any WhatsApp messages and informal communications with cabinet secretaries, ministers, senior civil servants or advisers, on Scottish Government-issued or personal devices, in relation to matters for which she was responsible in her former role as (a) Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People between January 2020 and May 2021 and (b) Cabinet Secretary for Education between May 2021 and February 2022; whether the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice has provided any such messages to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, and, if so, how many.
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Question reference: S6W-22946
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the level of the school clothing grant.
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Question reference: S6W-23066
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many homeless people have been transferred to other local authority areas for emergency accommodation in each of the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S6W-23102
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the proposed new homelessness prevention duties.
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Question reference: S6W-23100
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out the (a) membership, (b) terms of reference, (c) work programme and (d) planned outcomes of the Ministerial Oversight Group on Homelessness.
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Question reference: S6W-23101
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the minutes of any meetings of the Ministerial Oversight Group on Homelessness.
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