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-18553
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 14 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the commissioning of research into the so-called Tinker Experiment.
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Question reference: S6W-18555
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many women in prison were registered as having a disability in each of the last five years, and, of those, how many had a (a) physical and (b) learning disability.
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Question reference: S6W-18556
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many women currently in prison have mental health issues.
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Question reference: S6W-18554
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many women in prison have been sectioned under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6O-02234
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review its prospectus for an independent Scotland, in light of reported divisions within the independence movement.
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Question reference: S6W-17248
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how the £50 million investment in play parks and facilities will be distributed across all 32 local authorities.
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Question reference: S6O-02100
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its cross-government co-ordination on islands policies, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding regulating second home ownership in rural and island communities.
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Question reference: S6O-02081
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider procuring a lower specification of standardised ferries.
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Question reference: S5W-17246
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 June 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of all NHS PFI/PPP facilities, broken down by the (a) total (i) unitary charge costs for each (A) in 2018-19 and (B) over their lifetime, (ii) capital value of each and (b) ratio of the overall unitary charges relative to the capital value.
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Question reference: S5O-02182
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 May 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its negotiations with the EU, following the First Minister’s recent meeting with Michel Barnier.
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