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-13338
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many properties will be subject to the higher property rate poundage in 2023-24, broken down by (a) industry sector and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-13344
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much revenue raised by the business rates incentivisation scheme is expected to be retained by each local authority in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6O-01689
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its public consultation regarding the Scottish Aggregates Levy.
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Question reference: S6W-12227
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on tobacco control overall in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-12228
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on smoking cessation promotional campaigns via (a) media and (b) social media each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-12229
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided specifically for smoking cessation services, in each NHS board in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6O-01628
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to address any issues of damp and mould in social housing.
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Question reference: S6W-11578
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) consumer benefits, (b) eligibility criteria and (c) longevity of delivery of the Warmer Homes Scotland programme, and how this compares in each respect to the UK Government's Home Upgrade Grant (i) Phase One and (ii) Phase Two.
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Question reference: S6O-01585
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is investing in rural broadband.
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Question reference: S6W-11587
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to the FOI request FOI/202200278002, in which it stated that it had not ruled out establishing dedicated Long COVID clinics across the country, whether it can provide an update on any developments on the matter across the country, including in each NHS board.
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