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
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Question reference: S6W-25436
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) turned down requests from the professor of criminology, Joe Phoenix, to participate in its policy review on the management of transgender people in custody on three occasions, whether the SPS did turn down such requests, and, if so, for what reason.
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Question reference: S6W-25411
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 27 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has made available to Fife Council from the Ukraine Longer Term Resettlement Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-25051
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 15 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24401 by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2024, regarding the additional capital funding spend in the Scottish Budget 2024-25, which budget line covers each of the projects listed in the answer.
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Question reference: S6O-03046
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with Fife Council housing officials and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-24401
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government which health and social care projects will receive capital funding from the additional capital spending allocation of £81.1 million in the NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care budget as outlined in the Scottish Budget 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-24448
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19193 by Siobhian Brown on 27 June 2023, regarding the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, when it plans to introduce the relevant commencement regulations.
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Question reference: S6O-02997
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the importance of the salmon industry for Scotland’s economy.
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Question reference: S6O-02957
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the new medical centre for Lochgelly.
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Question reference: S6W-23210
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding groups and organisations in the Cowdenbeath constituency have received from Fife's share of the CashBack for Communities fund since 2008.
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Question reference: S6O-02733
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it last met with Fife Council education officials, and what was discussed.