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-03590
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been supported through the Young Person’s Guarantee since the scheme was introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-03508
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how much each business sector in Scotland contributes to the Apprenticeship Levy.
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Question reference: S6W-03920
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, following the announcement of the £41 million of Barnett consequentials arising from the UK Government’s new household support fund, how it plans to distribute the funding, and when it will be made available to households in need.
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Question reference: S6O-00305
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of patients being given appointments for a COVID-19 booster vaccine within six months of their second dose of the vaccine and who were therefore unable to have the booster at the appointment.
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Question reference: S6W-03507
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it received from the UK Government through the Apprenticeship Levy in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21, and how much it expects to receive in (i) 2021-22 and (ii) each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-03509
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund has been allocated in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-03510
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund has been accessed by private sector organisations contributing to the Apprenticeship Levy in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-03506
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to raise the cap on individual businesses accessing the Flexible Workforce Development Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03511
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Flexible Workforce Development Fund was allocated to each sector in 2020-21.
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Question reference: S6W-03494
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to raise public awareness of the new regulations on interlinked fire alarms, and how the new fire alarm requirements will be enforced from February 2022.
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