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-00513
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to North Ayrshire Council to provide free school meals to primary four children from August 2021, and to primary five children from January 2022, in the financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-00510
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the one-off pro rata £550 payment for personal assistants that it announced on 30 November 2020 will be made available through local authority health and social care partnerships.
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Question reference: S6W-00512
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to North Ayrshire Council to provide targeted free school meal support during school holidays in the financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6F-00134
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
To ask the First Minister what engagement the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government regarding COVID-19 business support, in light of the rise of the Delta variant.
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Question reference: S6F-00116
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on the commitment to hold an inquiry into the malicious prosecutions concerning Rangers FC.
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Question reference: S6F-00111
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to reports that some patients are having to wait over three years to be discharged from psychiatric hospitals.
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Question reference: S6F-00102
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6F-00104
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6F-00103
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 June 2021
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6T-00085
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the disturbing events at Euro 2020 with a player experiencing a cardiac arrest on the pitch, whether it will consider subsidising automated external defibrillator purchases for amateur sports grounds.