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-07802
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish the findings of the City Centre Recovery Task Force.
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Question reference: S6O-00950
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc.
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Question reference: S6O-00827
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to people at risk of alcohol harm in the most disadvantaged communities.
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Question reference: S6O-00801
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its action to decarbonise buses.
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Question reference: S6O-00747
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls for the Head of the Civil Service to investigate and rule on the deployment of Scottish Government civil servants to develop policy on independence.
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Question reference: S6O-00655
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to address fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S6W-05064
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 5 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Places for Everyone programme, and by what date it expects that Sustrans will be able to accept applications for new projects.
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Question reference: S6W-05436
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to announce the next phase of the Learning Estate Investment Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-04861
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure the effective mainstreaming of Housing First, following the end of the pathfinder projects.
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Question reference: S6O-00543
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the steps that it is taking to strengthen Scotland's international relationships.