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-26117
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many dental practices in the NHS Lanarkshire area that provide NHS services have currently closed or suspended their list to new patients.
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Question reference: S6W-25951
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reallocate the funding earmarked for freezing Council Tax in (a) Inverclyde and (b) Argyll and Bute to other local authorities or public services, in light of reports of these councils not agreeing to the proposed freeze.
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Question reference: S6W-25945
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will introduce its proposed Land Reform Bill to the Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-25836
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its environmental policies in Scotland, and in light of reports that the Belgian parliament has voted to criminalise ecocide in both domestic and international law, whether it has made any representations to the UK Government in relation to the potential criminalisation of ecocide in international law.
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Question reference: S6W-25961
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase digital access for adults aged 60 and over, in light of the 2022 Scottish Household Survey finding that 44% of disabled adults and 19% of non-disabled adults aged 60 and over do not use the internet.
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Question reference: S6W-25960
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase digital access in areas of high deprivation, in light of the 2022 Scottish Household Survey finding that 16% of households in the 20% most deprived areas in Scotland lack internet access at home and 31% of households with a net annual income of between £6,001 and £10,000 lack home internet access.
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Question reference: S6O-03238
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to any local authorities that are struggling to meet the rising costs associated with providing school transport, so that children and young people can travel to school in a safe, efficient and affordable manner.
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Question reference: S6W-25847
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the processing time for major planning applications in Q1 and Q2 of 2023-24 was 62.1 weeks, in light of the statutory timeframe being 16 weeks.
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Question reference: S6W-25818
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to announce or propose any further Council Tax freezes during the current parliamentary session, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-25848
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when the (a) First Minister and (b) Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills plans to read the recent Educational Institute for Scotland (EIS) report on violence in schools, in light of it highlighting an EIS survey of nearly 800 members in Aberdeen, which found that 42% of respondents reported violent pupil behaviour in school every day, 37% said they had been physically assaulted by a pupil, over 50% felt their school did not have clear strategies to prevent violence and 60% of teachers in Aberdeen were considering leaving the profession.
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