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-07306
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the Shared Outcomes Framework for the work of Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council regarding collaborative projects that contribute to overarching skills outcomes.
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Question reference: S6F-00873
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the MND Scotland report, No Time to Lose: Addressing the housing needs of people with MND, which highlights the barriers faced by people with MND in securing adaptations or accessible homes.
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Question reference: S6W-06433
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 February 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the careers information, advice and guidance available to young people.
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Question reference: S6O-00678
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how access to further education by students from the most deprived areas has been impacted by COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6O-00652
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, 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 has any concerns over the use of video doorbells in domestic properties.
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Question reference: S6W-03984
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the Scottish Funding Council’s Review of Coherent Provision and Sustainability.
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Question reference: S6O-00154
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will take forward the recommendations in Professor Gordon Stobart’s review of upper-secondary education student assessment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-02687
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Clare Haughey on 1 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the delivery of the expanded hours of funded early learning and childcare.
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Question reference: S6T-00106
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the preparation and planning being undertaken to support people fleeing Afghanistan who may be resettled in Scotland.