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-12198
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current insurance liability for the reported 75,000 local authority employees who would transfer to a National Care Service under its proposals.
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Question reference: S6W-12197
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current pension liability for the reported 75,000 local authority employees who would transfer to a National Care Service under its proposals.
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Question reference: S6W-12200
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Ukrainians living in Scotland under its Super Sponsor Scheme have been supported into employment.
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Question reference: S6W-12206
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any unmet need during the development of its proposals for a National Care Service.
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Question reference: S6W-12204
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the assumptions in the Financial Memorandum for the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, which reportedly show that just 10% of adult carers will access short breaks and only 14% will use easy access support, were calculated.
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Question reference: S6W-12231
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 29 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of non-electric heat in buildings is directly supplied by renewable sources.
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Question reference: S6W-12188
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans for an awareness raising campaign regarding deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, venous thromboembolism and thrombosis in the near future.
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Question reference: S6W-12191
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many adults with incapacity have been subject to a delayed discharge from hospital that was recorded as a code 9 reason in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6W-11966
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it has provided to housing developers in order to identify and remediate unsafe cladding.
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Question reference: S6W-12205
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken regarding power of attorney rights and any instances of individuals and families not being considered during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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