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-31278
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a timescale for when UCAS will be updated with the new grades for students in Scotland who have had them changed.
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Question reference: S5W-31242
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to move the 2021 school exam diet back by a month in light of students missing out on a month of tuition in their new subjects as a result of the lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-31247
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) staff and (b) children of key workers tested positive for COVID-19 as a result of time spent in key worker childcare hubs during the lockdown.
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Question reference: S5W-31248
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether school and college exam candidates who were given estimated grades for the 2020 exam diet will have a note on their exam certificate explaining that these results were an estimate as a result of the exam diet not going ahead due to COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-31164
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will apply test and protect contact tracing for people who have unwittingly come into contact with someone who is infected with COVID-19 while "wild camping".
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Question reference: S5W-31222
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason indoor karting centres are categorised as indoor sports courts, in light of provisions for social distancing and ventilation being met.
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Question reference: S5W-31251
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 25 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30952 by Christina McKelvie on 13 August 2020, whether it will provide further details of when the further guidance regarding mobile beauty salons will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-31153
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when organised children's parties in public venues, including sport centres and church halls, will be allowed to resume.
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Question reference: S5W-31220
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether deeds on retirement homes that require confirmation that the resident is capable of independent living includes people who require intensive social care packages.
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Question reference: S5W-31245
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are being taken to promote and ensure infection control among school pupils with learning difficulties as part of the return to full-time schooling.
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