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-07394
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce COVID-19 recovery QR codes based on self-reported lateral flow tests, on the NHS Scotland COVID Status app.
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Question reference: S6W-07440
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance is currently available on the fees for people who are self-funding social care, and what body oversees any appeals process.
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Question reference: S6W-07414
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether guidance on visiting care homes will be changed in light of the relaxation of other COVID-19 measures.
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Question reference: S6W-07481
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether sewerage companies have a responsibility to ensure surface water sewer networks are not overwhelmed by increasingly heavy rainfall events as the climate changes, and, if so, whether this is achieved through Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMP) or by other means.
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Question reference: S6W-07480
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps the Environment and Forestry Directorate and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have taken to improve transparency of flood defence spending decisions in order to facilitate scrutiny and ensure fairness across regions and for deprived communities.
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Question reference: S6W-07477
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has adopted a policy aim of ensuring that electricity substations are protected from all sources of flooding.
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Question reference: S6W-07473
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it requires local authority contingency plans to be reviewed periodically when updated flood risk information is available.
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Question reference: S6W-07483
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Environment and Forestry Directorate or Housing and Social Justice Directorate have investigated (a) any barriers, including funding, which impact on local authorities’ improvement of drain clearing and maintenance programmes and (b) how many local authorities (i) do and (ii) do not actively prioritise high risk areas in their drain clearing schedules.
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Question reference: S6W-07479
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has implemented a comprehensive, major public information campaign covering all aspects of flooding, with the aim of increasing national resilience.
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Question reference: S6W-07478
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it requires telecoms providers to actively assess and disclose assets that are at risk of flooding, and any single points of failure (SPOF) in their networks, and, if it does, in each case, whether an action plan for flood risk management and/or elimination of the SPOF was produced.
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