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
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Question reference: S6W-05345
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what issues it has experienced matching the functionality of the NHS Scotland Covid Status app with international and EU travel guidelines and restrictions.
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Question reference: S6W-05347
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what data protection guidelines are currently in place for the NHS Scotland Covid Status app, and from what legislation any guidelines are derived.
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Question reference: S6W-05346
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported ongoing alterations to the functionality of the NHS Scotland Covid Status app, whether users are (a) notified and (b) required to consent when there is an update to the (i) privacy policy agreement and (ii) personal information that is provided and displayed by the app.
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Question reference: S6W-05348
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what user, personal and medical information is currently provided and displayed on the NHS Scotland Covid Status app, and whether that information is explicitly outlined in the user privacy policy agreement.
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Question reference: S6W-05637
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether information on the number of air filters that are being used in school classrooms has been collected for use by the Education Recovery Group.
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Question reference: S6W-05638
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether a running total of the number of air filter devices that are being used in school classrooms will be published.
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Question reference: S6O-00670
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional COVID-19 support funding for bed and breakfast and guest house operators.
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Question reference: S6T-00438
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent report by Enable Scotland that highlights that over 250 people with learning disabilities are living in NHS Scotland inpatient units, with one woman being there for 60 years.
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Question reference: S6W-05249
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the climate emergency, and in regard to energy saving and efficiency improvements delivered through its national fuel poverty scheme and other related schemes, what action it has taken to ensure that improvements that are made to homes prioritise environmentally-friendly technologies and heating systems.
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Question reference: S6W-05250
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of information published by Warmworks Scotland reporting that, over the past five years, it has helped 251 households in North East Fife with energy saving and efficiency improvements delivered through the national fuel poverty scheme, what the total number of homes in North East Fife that have received energy saving help from the Scottish Government over that period is, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the various governmental schemes involved in providing energy saving help and fuel poverty relief to those homes.