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-00202
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much the Bus Emissions Abatement Retrofit Programme (BEAR) has given to bus companies in each year since 2017-18.
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Question reference: S6W-00263
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce drop-in vaccination clinics in the Glasgow City Council area.
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Question reference: S6W-00227
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of the ventilation in night-clubs in response to the risk of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and to what extent the findings of this assessment supports the reported comment by the National Clinical Director that these venues are "dingy, poorly-ventilated spaces".
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Question reference: S6W-00194
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will put in place to support the aviation industry in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, given that it supports thousands of jobs, is a key economic driver and provides global connectivity.
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Question reference: S6W-00197
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to return funds to Jamaica held by the Dick Bequest Trust, which were reportedly made in slave trading.
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Question reference: S6W-00157
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the SQA alternative assessment model programme is an exam diet.
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Question reference: S6W-00144
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to establishing a National 5 qualification in Natural History.
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Question reference: S6W-00163
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will be able to provide an update on assessment arrangements for national qualifications for the academic year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-00145
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the £400 payment to secondary school teachers and lecturers involved in awarding national qualifications will be made.
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Question reference: S6W-00122
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will carry out its review of the role that incineration plays; what the remit of the review will be, and whether it will issue a moratorium on incinerator applications while it is underway.
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