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-01241
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will cost registered social landlords to implement the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Two, and what funding support it will provide toward this.
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Question reference: S6W-01897
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase funding to carers' services provided by the third sector, in light of reports that such services have experienced a 50% increase in referrals.
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Question reference: S6W-01739
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the evaluation of the Scottish Strategy for Autism.
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Question reference: S6W-01744
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is planning to roll out body-worn cameras for police officers, in light of comments by Police Scotland that this could lead to a “spike in guilty pleas”.
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Question reference: S6W-01304
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) encouragement and (b) support it offers local authorities to (i) plant trees and (ii) develop green spaces on gap/brownfield sites.
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Question reference: S6W-01765
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome was of the Victims Taskforce group meeting on 10 March 2021 regarding the potential launch of a Victim Notification Scheme review.
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Question reference: S6W-01760
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans are in place to address the reported increase in the untried remand population in prisons.
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Question reference: S6W-01330
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the ability of small companies to adapt their online shops to (a) charge deposits and (b) provide a takeback service under the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-01748
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many body-worn cameras Police Scotland currently has access to.
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Question reference: S6W-01324
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will address the concerns raised in the 2020 Insights report, Spoken Language Interpreters in Social Work, in particular those regarding (a) shortages of skilled interpreters and (b) the ad hoc nature of the service in place to support clients.
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