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
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Question reference: S5W-34206
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the statistics published by Public Health Scotland on 16 December 2020, which suggests that teachers are more likely to contract COVID-19 than the general working-age population, what consideration has been given to the prioritisation of school staff in the vaccine roll-out.
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Question reference: S5W-35175
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 18 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34665 by John Swinney on 26 January 2021, whether the COSLA leaders agreed their position on 29 January and, if so, whether it will now confirm how much each local authority will be allocated from the £45 million package to deploy more support for schools and families.
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Question reference: S5W-34881
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its news release of 11 December 2020, Extra funding for student associations, whether it will provide an update on the distribution of the money.
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Question reference: S5W-34994
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many members of the SQA board of management are (a) GTCS-registered teachers or lecturers and (b) have frontline teaching or lecturing experience.
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Question reference: S5W-34618
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 2 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines for people (a) in sheltered accommodation and (b) who receive personal and nursing care at home.
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Question reference: S5W-34665
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills on 13 January 2021 (Official Report, c.17), how much each local authority will be allocated from the £45 million package to deploy more support for schools and families.
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Question reference: S5W-34399
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 January 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend the current regulations to protect tenants from eviction.
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Question reference: S5W-34197
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of early years centres in each local authority area provide free meals, also broken down by (i) how many and (ii) what percentage of eligible children take up the offer.
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Question reference: S5W-33533
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, what steps it is taking to implement the terms of motion S5M-23385, which was agreed by the Parliament on 18 November 2020, including recruiting an additional 2,000 full-time teachers and making regular COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic staff and senior pupils widely available.
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Question reference: S5W-33517
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32993 by John Swinney on 3 November 2020, which local authorities have not yet responded to its request for information on the number of counsellors currently allocated to schools, and whether it will publish the information that has already been provided by local authorities on the number of counsellors currently allocated to schools.
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