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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-02798

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allow the COVID-19 vaccination status of people normally resident in Scotland to be recorded as fully vaccinated if they have received (a) an NHS-approved vaccine outside of the UK in an EU member state or as part of a UK vaccine roll-out overseas, (b) a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency or Swiss vaccination programme in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City and (c) a vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States; when it plans to implement any such changes, and what exemptions will be made for people normally resident in Scotland who work abroad and have received one or both doses of a vaccine in a country that is not included in any of these situations.

Question reference: S6W-03215

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in each parliamentary region is Warmworks Warmer Homes Scotland planning to improve to at least EPC grade C and by what date this work will be completed; how many homes in each region have received such assistance to date; what other schemes are working alongside Warmworks to ensure that no homes are listed below EPC grade C, and by what date this will be completed.

Question reference: S6W-03214

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many homes there are in each parliamentary region, also broken down by how many have an EPC rating below grade C.

Question reference: S6W-03268

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reintroduce face-to-face health visitor appointments for new mothers, in light of reports that NHS boards are currently only offering telephone and video appointments.

Question reference: S6W-03084

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce a financial scheme to support the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel to run existing boilers, in an effort to reduce carbon emissions.

Question reference: S6W-03226

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, in NHS Grampian, the (a) average waiting time for the psychological therapy services  is 28 weeks, with 240 people waiting and (b) current waiting for a first assessment for psychotherapy services is 32 weeks, with 124 people waiting, and what action it is taking to support the NHS board in reducing these times.

Question reference: S6W-03042

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its review of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.

Question reference: S6W-02992

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it (a) can take and (b) is taking to support the approval of further COVID-19 vaccines.

Question reference: S6W-02619

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion that the TURAS vaccination management database should allow vaccination registrations to be added by GPs so that vaccines that have been administered abroad are recognised and recorded on the database.

Question reference: S6W-02407

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 September 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01147 by Maree Todd on 29 July 2021, what measures it is taking to improve the efficacy of COVID-19 antibody testing, in light of reports that current testing is unreliable.