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.
Criathragan Hide all filters
Displaying 3611 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S6W-12695
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many buildings it (a) has assessed and (b) is due to assess for unsafe cladding through the Single Building Assessment pilot.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12611
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the help available to veterans to access any support that they are entitled to.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12615
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of NHS staff have been agency staff in each year since 1999.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12610
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much student accommodation, in terms of the number students accommodated, has been built in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12619
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries have closed in each year since 1999.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12616
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of NHS staff have been (a) full- and (b) part-time in each year since 1999.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12484
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many short-term let businesses currently operate in Scotland.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12545
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many Ukrainian refugees, who were initially residing on the MS Victoria, have since been moved to long-term accommodation.
Answer
Question reference: S6O-01679
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how any additional cost of living pressures will impact on the rebuilding of public services, as set out in its Covid Recovery Strategy, in particular public services in Edinburgh.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-12617
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authority-funded care home places there have been in each year since 1999, and, of those, how many were provided by (a) local authority- or charity-run and (b) independent care homes.
Answer
![](/assets/images/loader.gif)