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-04203
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of children and young people leaving school unable to swim.
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Question reference: S6O-04202
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the steps that it is taking to tackle child poverty.
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Question reference: S6O-04204
- Asked by: Audrey Nicoll, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support the delivery of drug and alcohol services across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-04208
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the planned opening of the safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow, whether consideration has been given to opening a similar facility in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6O-04207
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with NHS boards and patient transport providers to ensure that access to healthcare is fair, equitable and efficient for island residents.
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Question reference: S6O-04205
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed plans to reduce delayed discharge with NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S6O-04197
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the state of local government finance.
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Question reference: S6O-04192
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to comments made by the Auditor General for Scotland that the “future of the Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow shipyard remains uncertain".
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Question reference: S6O-04185
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey, which has suggested that business confidence has fallen to its lowest level for two years, including in Scotland, because of issues such as the UK Government’s decision to raise employer national insurance contributions.
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Question reference: S6O-04211
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with the UK Government transport secretary regarding the £5 million contribution that the previous administration made towards a feasibility study into the extension of the Borders railway.
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