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-06926
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how a complaint can be raised when private care homes are believed not to be providing proper services.
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Question reference: S6W-06928
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what role the Care Commission plays in the distribution of (a) public and (b) private funds across care homes.
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Question reference: S6W-06755
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel in homes across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06929
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has paid to private care homes to deliver its care home strategy in each of the last 10 years, and when a review of these subsidies will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-06927
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review the payment structure for funding care homes; what guidance is available regarding the calculation of this, and what body oversees the process.
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Question reference: S6W-06249
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 3 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether families with two working parents should be prioritised for nursery placements under the 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-06314
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether Healthcare Improvement Scotland will implement the updated NICE guideline, NG207, on induced labour, published on 4 November 2021, and, if so, what measures it will take to provide expectant mothers with information on the possible outcomes of induced labour, in line with the guideline.
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Question reference: S6W-06463
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that people are still able to access community defibrillators, that require an access code sent to a mobile phone, during times when mobile phone networks are down, such as during the recent storms Arwen, Malik and Corrie.
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Question reference: S6W-06084
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the eligibility criteria for Funeral Support Payments, in order that state pension recipients are also eligible, if they can demonstrate economic hardship.
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Question reference: S6W-06085
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to facilitate access for businesses to information on COVID-19 outbreaks by area, in light of reports of insurance companies requiring evidence of this, prior to processing claims.