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-22174
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many dogs have been destroyed following a court of any type issuing a destruction order, in each year since 2012.
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Question reference: S6W-22175
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients with underlying health conditions have died as a result of norovirus or had norovirus listed as a contributory cause of mortality, in each year since 2015, also broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-21974
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) music, drama and art and (b) science teachers have been employed in secondary schools in each of the last 10 years, also broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-21902
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what five subjects have most commonly been raised by members of the public through correspondence with the First Minister and cabinet secretaries in the last six months, and in how many instances each topic was raised.
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Question reference: S6W-21900
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) units have been achieved by prisoners in each year since 2018, broken down by subject.
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Question reference: S6W-21852
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) Scottish, (b) other UK and (c) international students graduated from Scottish universities in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-21862
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it plans to take to improve life expectancy (a) holistically as a nation and (b) to address any regional disparities within Scotland, in light of statistics showing that it has fallen for three consecutive periods and, on average, is around three years less than in England.
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Question reference: S6W-21851
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) P1 and (b) P7 pupils have been assessed as having visible signs of dental decay in each year since 2012, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-21865
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on so-called buffer zones around medical facilities that offer abortion services.
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Question reference: S6W-21901
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial support it has given to credit unions in each year since 2015, broken down by the amount awarded to each union.
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