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-32993
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31767 by John Swinney on 25 September 2020, how many of the school counsellors it committed to are in place; which local authorities have not yet provided access to school-based counselling across all schools, and how many counsellors there are overall.
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Question reference: S5W-32994
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31767 by John Swinney on 25 September 2020, whether there is an operational counselling service in place for every secondary school in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-32933
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 16 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with universities regarding the integration of any independent testing programmes that they might operate for staff and students with the NHS test and protect system.
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Question reference: S5W-32934
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce arrangements for students moving between halls of accommodation and family or other residences over the Christmas period.
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Question reference: S5W-32710
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support rail manufacture at the Hunterston PARC site in North Ayrshire.
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Question reference: S5W-32818
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of suspected COVID-19 transmission have been linked to (a) (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) all schools and (b) colleges, broken down by NHS board area.
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Question reference: S5W-32931
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when each of the provisions introduced by the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 will come into force.
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Question reference: S5T-02480
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the latest guidance on face coverings in school will be implemented.
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Question reference: S5W-31767
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31513 by John Swinney on 10 September 2020, how many of the school counsellors it committed to are in place; what local authorities have not yet provided access to school-based counselling across all schools, and how many counsellors there are overall.
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Question reference: S5W-31699
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much student hardship funding has been (a) allocated and (b) distributed to each institution, also broken down by how many students at each institution have (i) applied for and (ii) received support from this.
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