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-00866
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there are no dedicated mother and baby residential care units for people seeking substance abuse treatment that would allow them to receive recovery support while living with their children, and what its position is on introducing such facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-00758
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the University of Stirling regarding alternatives to hotel quarantine measures for its students who are returning from red list countries.
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Question reference: S6W-00728
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the total capacity will be of designated quarantine accommodation for university students arriving in Scotland for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Question reference: S6W-00751
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many empty commercial properties there have been in each local authority in the South Scotland parliamentary region, in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-01045
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what protections there are for older people who have been mis-sold mobility scooters.
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Question reference: S6W-00802
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason some chronic pain patients reportedly did not receive pain relief injections for nine months, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00806
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the potential damage to the mental health of the chronic pain patients who are dependent on NHS specialist clinics, and who were unable to receive injections during a significant period of the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Question reference: S6W-00701
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason locum pharmacists have been reportedly excluded from the financial arrangements that had allowed them to deliver COVID-19 vaccination sessions in the same way as locum doctors, optometrists and dentists, and what guidance it has issued to NHS boards regarding this.
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Question reference: S6W-00702
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been given to community pharmacy contractors to provide COVID-19 vaccinators, and what its response is to concerns that it is reportedly favouring the use of large and multinational pharmacy contractors and companies over locum pharmacists.
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Question reference: S6W-00780
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the (a) number and (b) percentage of eligible children who have received their HPV vaccination in the last year, and how many received their second dose within the 18-month target, broken down by local authority area.