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: S5W-35729
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that the devolution of employment injuries assistance will help advance gender equality and non-discrimination.
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Question reference: S5W-35727
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what data is being collected on exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace, and whether this is disaggregated by protected characteristics.
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Question reference: S5W-35728
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the reasons behind the take-up rate by women of claims for industrial injuries disablement benefit, in light of figures suggesting that, since the publication of the Equality Impact Assessment for the Social Security (Scotland) Bill in June 2016, this stands at 16%.
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Question reference: S5W-35093
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 11 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the holding answer to question S5W-34507 by Jeane Freeman on 26 January 2021, when it will provide a substantive answer, and for what reason it has not provided this to date.
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Question reference: S5W-35457
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to restore face-to-face GP services to the same level as before the COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-35458
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34866 by Jeane Freeman on 11 February 2021, what involvement ministers had in agreeing and publishing the guidance to GPs that advises practices should make every effort to triage all patients by telephone to avoid patients presenting at the practice unnecessarily, and what involvement ministers will have in reviewing this guidance.
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Question reference: S5W-34507
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will give retail workers priority access to the COVID-19 vaccination programme.
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Question reference: S5W-35095
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) contractors and (b) suppliers it has engaged to support the development of the operator of last resort for the ScotRail franchise, and who those suppliers are.
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Question reference: S5W-35096
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much the operator of last resort for the ScotRail franchise has cost to date, also broken down by budget line.
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Question reference: S5O-05077
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Child Payment claims it has received for individual children and households, and how many have now been accepted and paid.
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