Skip to main content
Loading…

Seòmar agus comataidhean

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Criathragan Hide all filters

Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 9 July 2025
Answer status
Question type

Displaying 42914 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S6W-07460

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the aim in its 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy to ensure that “all homes across Scotland will have achieved the equivalent of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C” by 2033, how it plans to make the estimated investment of up to £6 billion that is required to deliver EPC C ratings to all fuel poor households in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-07422

  • Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Operational Assessment of Alternative Residual Waste Treatment Technologies report will be considered in the independent review on the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy, which is due to be published by Easter 2022.

Question reference: S6W-07435

  • Asked by: Elena Whitham, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding a lifetime commitment to thalidomide health grants and support beyond 2023.

Question reference: S6W-07339

  • Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve diagnosis of sarcoma cancer.

Question reference: S6W-07352

  • Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects in relation to Child Disability Payment applications that do not progress.

Question reference: S6W-07377

  • Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been charged with modern slavery-related offences in each year since 1999.

Question reference: S6W-07309

  • Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the most recent level of environmental protection spending per capita in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.

Question reference: S6W-07344

  • Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms (a) in general and (b) during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in March 2022. 

Question reference: S6W-07326

  • Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the total estimated (a) cost of Scottish Social Security benefits, (b) funding provided through the fiscal framework and (c) additional Scottish Government funding required is for 2022-23.

Question reference: S6W-07348

  • Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether boys born before 2007 can be vaccinated for HPV via NHS services in order to protect against the spread of HPV and, if not, whether it has any plans to expand the availability of HPV vaccination for boys.