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-33228
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of COVID-19 restrictions, whether the length of time that new mothers can receive free dental treatment will be extended.
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Question reference: S5W-33205
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it is making available to students who would normally sustain their time away from home by undertaking part-time work in bars, shops and restaurants but who are unable to do so due to closures caused by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-33083
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 25 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many adults are known to have contracted COVID-19 through playing organised sport, such as football, since the start of the pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-33136
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many school children who are registered as having additional support needs have required support for dyslexia in each month since January 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-33152
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that grandparents and families are aware of the COVID-19 guidance regarding informal childcare.
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Question reference: S5W-33137
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether travel in campervans between local authority areas, which does not use camp sites, is permitted under the most recent COVID-19 guidance.
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Question reference: S5W-33117
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of this option being available to university students, for what reason college students studying for an SQF7 qualification are unable to carry out work placements.
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Question reference: S5W-33166
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the COVID-19 restrictions prevent the partners of mothers in active labour from being present at birth.
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Question reference: S5W-32980
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether first aid classes are considered teaching that cannot be provided remotely, with people involved being exempt from travel restrictions in and out of local authority areas in tiers 3 and 4 of the COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-33351
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of concerns that pupils might face significant disruption, for what reason the SQA exam diet for 2021 has been pushed back by two weeks to 10 May.