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-16989
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to mark MS Awareness Week, which takes place from 24 to 30 April.
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Question reference: S6W-16993
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15794 by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2023, what recent discussions the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights has had with Safe Deposits Scotland regarding staffing levels, including staff turnover, following reportedly high response times to customers in 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-17011
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the salary bands of the chief executives of its three mandatory tenancy deposit scheme providers.
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Question reference: S6W-16560
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report, published in March 2023, in light of reports that Scotland could be facing an annual budget shortfall of £10 billion within 50 years.
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Question reference: S6W-16565
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what immediate action can be taken to ensure the safety of staff in the Langhill Clinic psychiatric care unit in Greenock, in light of reports that there have been almost 300 attacks on staff by patients in the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-16615
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the remuneration paid to its non-executive directors, inclusive of salaries and expenses, in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-16516
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of food crime have been reported to Food Standards Scotland through the (a) Scottish Food Crime Hotline and (b) online form, in each year since 2018, and how many of those reports have been investigated.
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Question reference: S6W-16820
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential public health implications of the closure of the charity, HIV Scotland, including any impact on the Scottish Government’s target to achieve zero HIV transmissions in Scotland by 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-16963
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15794 by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2023, what information it holds on the number of SafeDeposits Scotland customers who were impacted by the “teething issues” with the new system.
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Question reference: S6W-16962
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide any data that it holds regarding response times by SafeDeposits Scotland to its customers.
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