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: S5W-35567
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which COVID-19 vaccine priority group people with non-severe asthma are in, and when they will be offered the vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35848
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government given that there are currently multiple healthcare databases, whether it will record long-COVID patients in a single healthcare database, and by what date this will be completed.
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Question reference: S5W-35872
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will clarify the international travel regulations and guidance for people who have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35847
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline its plans to publish the number of (a) adult and (b) child patients with long-COVID, similar to the data published in England.
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Question reference: S5W-35846
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when long-COVID clinics and treatment services will be delivered.
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Question reference: S5W-36085
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to buy electricity from the Fort William smelter and associated hydro-electric facilities if there is a failure of the smelter business, at what price per kilowatt-hour (KWh) the guarantee is fixed.
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Question reference: S5W-35852
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of concerns that that the new Higher Applications of Mathematics course requires knowledge and skills outside many teachers’ area of specialism, what (a) consideration was given and (b) steps were taken when developing the course to ensure there was no adverse impact on the workload of teachers delivering it.
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Question reference: S5W-35845
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce guidance for schools whose pupils require further home learning and a slower phased return to school.
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Question reference: S5W-35841
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest guidance is regarding PE teachers who are asked to teach outside all day, including in poor weather conditions.
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Question reference: S5W-35850
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to teachers in order to facilitate the development of the new Higher Applications of Mathematics course in time for its delivery in August 2021.
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