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-10157
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update regarding the planned date for the reopening of the Super Sponsor scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-10144
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the dimensions of the bedrooms are on board the MS Victoria, how long it anticipates that Ukrainian refugees will be housed onboard the ship, and whether it has undertaken any checks to ascertain whether the (a) rooms and (b) ship as a whole are "habitable", following the definition as set out in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' General Comment No. 4: The Right to Adequate Housing (Art. 11 (1) of the Covenant) from 1991.
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Question reference: S6W-10147
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish government whether it plans to increase the support available to local authorities for (a) conducting disclosure checks and (b) vetting accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.
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Question reference: S6W-10160
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many people, who signed up to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, are still waiting to be vetted.
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Question reference: S6W-10158
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered a community-based model for hosting refugees from Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-10159
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to recruit Ukrainian speakers, who are already living in Scotland, to help welcome and communicate with refugees from Ukraine.
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Question reference: S6W-10154
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) assessments it undertook and (b) preparations it made regarding the accommodation of refugees coming from Ukraine, prior to opening the Super Sponsor scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-10143
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements it is currently making to prepare to welcome any further refugees arriving from Ukraine in the coming weeks and months.
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Question reference: S6W-09833
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries there are and what percentage of those have dedicated mental health professionals; and how many (a) additional mental health professionals in GP surgeries have been recruited under Action 15 of the Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 and (b) mental health professionals in total are based in GP surgeries, as of 1 April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-10005
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties have received funding to date from the £500,000 it allocated to meet the cost of installing interlinked fire alarm systems; what the average cost has been per property of those that received funding to have interlinked fire alarms installed, and how many of the systems that have been funded were connected to the mains electricity supply by a qualified electrician.
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