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-14726
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many rapid electric charging points have been installed at service stations across the road network.
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Question reference: S6W-14751
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many families in each NHS board area have been provided with support for running costs for health equipment in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-14741
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many isolation facilities/rooms there are in schools and education facilities for children with additional support needs.
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Question reference: S6W-14743
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been received by it relating to restrictive practices in schools and education facilities for children with additional support needs in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-15358
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many people have defaulted on payment of social care charges in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-15359
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have had legal action taken against them in relation to non-payment of social care charges in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-14736
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many households in each local authority area have been estimated to be in fuel poverty in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-14729
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what review it has carried out regarding providing early payment to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under public sector contracts.
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Question reference: S6W-14722
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the jobs that it has created for its staff in each of the last five years have been in rural and island communities.
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Question reference: S6W-14852
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many Ukrainian refugees, who arrived in Scotland after 24 February 2022, have returned to Ukraine.
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