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-21563
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many peer support groups have been established to support adult adoptees affected by forced adoption.
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Question reference: S6W-21580
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures showing that the number of social sector new build home starts has fallen by 36% in the past year.
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Question reference: S6W-21576
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received training through the Mobile Heat Pump Training Centre to date.
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Question reference: S6W-21581
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent research from Zoopla showing that rents in Scotland have been rising faster than rents in London.
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Question reference: S6W-21575
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many heating and plumbing apprentices have been funded through the Low Carbon Skills Grant to undertake heat pump training since the introduction of the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-21004
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to resolve any formal legal challenges regarding Low Emission Zones that have been or may be brought, and what funds it has available to settle any decision against them.
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Question reference: S6W-21568
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20160 by Natalie Don on 24 July 2023, whether it will provide an update on when it will publish (a) its research regarding the unmet needs of those people affected by forced adoption, including on access to adoption records and (b) the outcomes of the research by The Lines Between.
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Question reference: S6W-21564
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many peer support groups have been established to support mothers affected by forced adoption.
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Question reference: S6W-21565
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update to the Parliament on forced adoption, further to the First Minister's statement to the Parliament on historic forced adoption on 22 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-21570
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements it plans to make to the A720.