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-00702
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve the safety and resilience of roads and bridges in the north east.
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Question reference: S6W-05688
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review birth delivery methods, processes and practices, in light of reports that emergency caesarean section has become the main method of delivery in recent months.
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Question reference: S6W-05687
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds statistics on birth delivery methods in each NHS maternity ward for the last two years.
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Question reference: S6W-05686
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the criteria of qualifying recipients of the Scottish Child Payment and Bridging Payments so that children who are home-schooled are entitled to the equivalent level of welfare support benefit as children who attend school and receive free school meals.
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Question reference: S6W-05166
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people with learning difficulties and autism have died in inpatient units in Scotland since 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-05376
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether funding is available for businesses for any damage caused by Storm Arwen, which is not covered by their insurance.
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Question reference: S6O-00629
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the care inspectorate in its role of inspecting and assessing care homes.
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Question reference: S6W-05291
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04732 by Maree Todd on 8 December 2021, whether it will provide details of the composition of the Burial Regulations Working Group; whether the group met on 9 December 2021, and, if so, where the minutes of this and other meetings are published.
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Question reference: S6W-05040
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much was raised in non-domestic rates revenue in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21 as a result of the Scottish Assessors Association's Practice Note 3, Valuation of Photovoltaic Electricity Generators.
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Question reference: S6W-05039
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering making eligible green plant and machinery, such as solar panels, wind turbines and battery storage that is used with renewables, exempt from non-domestic rates.
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