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: S6O-03811
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the recent Oxfam Scotland report, Cleared for Take-off: A Private Jet Tax for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03810
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its long-term ferry strategy to ensure reliability for communities.
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Question reference: S6O-03806
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is supporting childcare providers.
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Question reference: S6O-03807
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow Anniesland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the provision of levelling up funding for areas of multiple deprivation such as Drumchapel in the Glasgow Anniesland constituency.
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Question reference: S6O-03803
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to continue delivering social security provisions, in light of reports that total spending on devolved social security in 2024-25 is expected to be around £1.1 billion higher than the funding received from the UK Government through the block grant adjustment.
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Question reference: S6O-03793
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what compensation is available for any families that are paying for private urgent dental treatment due to delays in accessing NHS treatment.
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Question reference: S6O-03791
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support neurodivergent people, in light of reports of people waiting years for diagnosis, and subsequent access to support and treatment, which is seriously impacting their lives.
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Question reference: S6O-03784
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will increase funding to enable more trees of commercial species to be planted in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03795
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 October 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish revised modelling to show any impact of delays to the opening of the remaining National Treatment Centres on bringing down waiting lists, as outlined in its NHS Recovery Plan.
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