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-27360
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers (a) were offered and (b) accepted voluntary redundancy following the reported announcement of station closures in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
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Question reference: S6T-02000
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported figures showing that average rents increased at a higher rate in Scotland than any other region or nation in the UK between September 2022 and March 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27006
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of (a) online extortion and (b)
threats to disclose an intimate image have been (i) reported to and (ii)
investigated by Police Scotland in each year since records began, and
whether there are any plans to begin recording incidents of sextortion.
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Question reference: S6O-03439
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the impact of the reported reduction in primary school music teacher numbers will be on children and young people.
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Question reference: S6W-26820
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 May 2024
To ask to the Scottish Government what incentives there will be for landlords to comply with the new Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) regulations, in light of the reported current lack of enforcement by local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-26821
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 May 2024
To ask to the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards reviewing the operational arrangements of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), as committed to in its consultation on reforms to EPCs.
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Question reference: S6W-27005
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
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Question reference: S6W-27012
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, into the number of people who are "couch surfing" in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-27011
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken, or plans to undertake, into the number of people who are rough sleeping in cars in each local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-27015
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many houses for (a) nurses, (b) GPs and (c) police officers are owned by public services.