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-01966
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the Green Jobs Workforce Academy will take on its first students/trainees.
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Question reference: S6W-01582
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make the full Native Woodland Survey of Scotland dataset available, given its usefulness for forestry professionals, and if so, when.
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Question reference: S6W-01182
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect young unvaccinated people and those who cannot have the vaccine due to health or age reasons from the risks of COVID-19 and Long-COVID, in light of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reaching 4,234 on 1 July 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01325
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on native woodland (a) management and (b) expansion through the Forestry Grant Scheme in each year since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-01965
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the budget is of the National Transition Training Fund; how many applications to this have (a) been approved, (b) been rejected and (c) are yet to be processed, and whether it will provide a breakdown of the sectors for which training opportunities have been granted.
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Question reference: S6W-01558
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 13 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment was made, prior to the start of this year's school summer holidays, regarding the provision of childcare (a) in the absence of summer clubs, in cases where such clubs are closed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, and (b) where annual leave has been used up to accommodate childcare during school closures.
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Question reference: S6W-01177
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals in the 40-50 age bracket did not receive their COVID-19 vaccination for the reason that they were not offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine while attending at a vaccination centre, broken down by NHS board,
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Question reference: S6W-01178
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what specific initiatives in the marketing and communications strategy for the COVID-19 vaccination programme were aimed at reaching those in the age 40-50 age bracket who were hesitant about the reported side affects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-01249
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Fair Work criteria were reportedly not applied to the evaluation of bids that resulted in NHS Education for Scotland awarding a contract to Amazon.
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Question reference: S6W-01240
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have been attributed to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome in each year since 2010, broken down by (a) age group, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity.
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