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: S6O-02893
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Public Health Scotland publication, Care home census for adults in Scotland, which showed that the number of care homes across the country has dropped by nearly a fifth in the past decade.
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Question reference: S6O-02910
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to data from National Records of Scotland showing a rise in homelessness-related deaths since 2017.
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Question reference: S6W-23225
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it defines multi-year funding for voluntary sector organisations as a three-year minimum commitment.
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Question reference: S6W-23222
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that multi-year funding arrangements for the voluntary sector have annual inflation-based uplifts inbuilt, at a level as close to inflation as possible.
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Question reference: S6W-23221
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 12 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of public sector grants and contracts are currently delivered on a multi-year basis.
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Question reference: S6W-23224
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to develop a longer-term funding model for the voluntary sector across all of its directorates.
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Question reference: S6W-23223
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 12 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that its funding decisions regarding support for the voluntary sector are issued no later than December, and that any funds are paid no later than the start of the tax year in April.
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Question reference: S6W-23252
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will deliver its commitment to reduce class contact time for teachers by 90 minutes per week to 21 hours, from the current 22.5 hours.
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Question reference: S6W-23253
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on delivering its commitment to reduce class contact time for teachers by 90 minutes per week to 21 hours, from the current 22.5 hours.
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Question reference: S6W-22247
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has been allocated by the UK Government for the upgrade of the A75.