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-01479
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage more women to take up the offer of a breast screening service.
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Question reference: S6W-01158
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the absence rate for pupils has been between April and June 2021 and how this rate compares to to the absence rates in each of the academic years since 2017/18.
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Question reference: S6W-01757
- 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 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to implement tougher sentences for offenders who spit and cough on police officers.
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Question reference: S6W-01742
- 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 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider doubling the maximum sentence for assaults on emergency service workers, including the police force.
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Question reference: S6W-01800
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many school teachers are on temporary contracts, and how this compares with each of the last three academic years.
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Question reference: S6W-01797
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date free school meals will be available for all children in (a) P6 and (b) P7.
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Question reference: S6W-01642
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the message from the director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations of 14 July 2021, whether it will take steps to ensure that the centre can continue its work, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-01573
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which public bodies (a) have and (b) have not had engagement with the local governance review.
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Question reference: S6W-01726
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many school children receive instrumental music tuition, and what percentage this is of the total number of school children.
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Question reference: S6W-01713
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 30 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it made the decision to allow (a) 16,500 fans to attend the British & Irish Lions rugby match at Murrayfield and (b) 2,000 fans to attend Scottish football matches, and what the reasons are for the difference between these two figures.