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-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-01332
- 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 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to update its impact assessment on the Deposit Return Scheme, in light of the appointment of Circularity Scotland as the scheme administrator.
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Question reference: S6W-01331
- 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 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the implications of the Deposit Return Scheme on SEPA’s resources.
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Question reference: S6W-00841
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help prevent chronic stress among officers, and how much funding it has provided in each year since 2019-20 in mental health support for officers experiencing this condition.
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Question reference: S6W-00840
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many civilian staff are employed by Police Scotland, broken down by division.
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Question reference: S6W-00838
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Police Scotland officers in U Division (Ayrshire) have been engaged daily in backroom duties in each month since April 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-00836
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 1 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional funding it allocated to each NHS board to help prevent drug-related deaths in each year since 2018-19.
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Question reference: S6W-00583
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many intensive treatment beds at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People have been unavailable because of a shortage of nursing staff in each month since January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-00584
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that women who are pregnant and who have previously experienced (a) miscarriage and (b) the death of a baby (i) shortly after birth and (ii) in infancy can access the Continuity of Carer model as a matter of priority as the scheme is rolled out.
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Question reference: S6W-00839
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated in (a) the South Scotland parliamentary region and (b) each local authority area for the purchase of scientific equipment for schools in each year since 2012-13.