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-13144
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many young people have been removed from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists in each NHS board in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13138
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend eligibility for the Winter Heating Payment to terminally ill people.
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Question reference: S6W-13133
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been recovered from each local authority from COVID-19-related reserves.
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Question reference: S6W-13328
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when the Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel last met and what actions were agreed.
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Question reference: S6W-13153
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had regarding a review of the funding formula for local government.
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Question reference: S6O-01759
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what cross-government review it has undertaken of policies supporting children with autism, including any assessment of the links between autism and other conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Question reference: S6W-13142
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many households have been estimated to be in energy debt in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13141
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many households have been on pre-payment meters in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-13160
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many additional support needs assessments have taken place in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-12735
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 19 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the impact in Scotland of the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry, The right to family life: adoption of children of unmarried women 1949-1976.
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