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-35271
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31987 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 1 October 2020, whether it will provide an update on the progress of plans to ensure that any missed HPV vaccinations are rescheduled.
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Question reference: S5W-35007
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 18 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of Scotland Food & Drink's funding it provides; how much it allocated to Scotland Food & Drink in 2020-21; what the structure of the organisation is, and what the nature is of its relationship with Scotland Food & Drink.
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Question reference: S5W-34869
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the proposed increase in discretionary funding for local authorities in its recent Budget, when the new funding will be received by local authorities, and what the earliest date is on which businesses will receive the new uplift.
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Question reference: S5W-35115
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the timescales for soft play centres to reopen.
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Question reference: S5W-34745
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it can provide to allow community events to be held digitally, in light of them having to be cancelled because of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-34786
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 4 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average time taken to respond to correspondence from MSPs to Scottish Ministers has been in each of the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S5O-05013
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is funding to drive efficiencies in agriculture.
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Question reference: S5W-34403
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 3 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescales are for criteria to be made available to local authorities in respect of the £185 million funding announced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance on 9 December 2020 to enable local authorities to distribute funding to businesses in their areas, and when local authorities may expect the funding to be released.
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Question reference: S5W-34704
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Farming and Food Production Future Policy Group will publish its final advisory report.
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Question reference: S5W-34705
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in care homes have received vitamin D supplements each month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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