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-14721
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many secondary schools have a Skills Development Scotland presence.
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Question reference: S6W-14747
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what sector-specific skills development plan it has with the aquaculture sector.
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Question reference: S6W-14731
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what review it has made of the different pay scales for adult and child social care staff.
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Question reference: S6W-14738
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support has been made available to local authorities in each year since 1999 to assist young carers.
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Question reference: S6W-14730
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many working groups it has launched in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-14749
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has issued regarding "purposeful walkers" restraint practices in hospitals and care homes.
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Question reference: S6W-14750
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 10 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many complex care packages have been commissioned in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-14122
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-11964 and S6W-12695 by Shona Robison on 24 November and 12 December 2022 respectively, how many of the buildings referred to have had cladding removed.
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Question reference: S6W-14121
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £97.1 million provided by the UK Government to fund cladding remediation work has been spent.
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Question reference: S6W-14123
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many buildings, assessed through the Single Building Assessment pilot, have had dangerous cladding removed, and how many are currently in the process of having any such removal work carried out.
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