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-25830
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a specific just transition plan for the Grangemouth industrial cluster.
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Question reference: S6W-25819
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many age-appropriate inpatient mental health beds for children and young people each NHS board currently has.
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Question reference: S6W-25841
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24886 by Michael Matheson on 5 February 2024, whether clinical outcomes are reviewed monthly to assess the reasons for any mental health incidents reported to NHS 24 not being triaged.
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Question reference: S6W-25877
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what methods and sources of information it uses to (a) estimate the number of adult and young carers and (b) avoid undercounting in this regard.
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Question reference: S6W-25817
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent in the current parliamentary session on actions to raise awareness of the (a) symptoms of fibromyalgia and (b) support available for patients and families.
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Question reference: S6W-25522
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the position paper on embodied carbon regulation that was published by the Institution of Structural Engineers on 31 January 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-25089
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 11 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring success in its performance against key success metrics in relation to its total budget spend for the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-25898
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is assisting local authorities to establish investment savings bonds, as has reportedly been done elsewhere in the UK, including by Southwark Council.
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Question reference: S6W-25751
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that fibromyalgia patients are aware of the availability of Attendance Allowance.
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Question reference: S6W-25827
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of reports that some charitable organisations gave all of their staff three months redundancy notice on the first working day of 2024 due to uncertainties over grant funding for the next financial year.
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