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: S5W-30575
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will lift the restrictions on blended care placements in early years education and childcare.
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Question reference: S5W-30574
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it has supported childminders through the COVID-19 crisis.
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Question reference: S5W-30573
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a recent survey by the Scottish Childminding Association, which reported that 19% of childminders considered that their business will still be viable in 12 months as a result of the restrictions on blended care in early years.
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Question reference: S5W-30524
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to showpeople during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Question reference: S5W-30530
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 31 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has provided to Gypsy/Traveller communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Question reference: S5W-30529
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has put in place to make sure that families affected by imprisonment have access to a digital device and an internet connection to enable them to make virtual prison visits.
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Question reference: S5W-30528
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll out of in-cell mobile phones across the prison estate.
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Question reference: S5W-30527
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll out of virtual visits across the prison estate.
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Question reference: S5W-30526
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it would expect public bodies to publish their children’s rights reports, in line with the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Part 1, Section 2.
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Question reference: S5W-30525
- Asked by: Mary Fee, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 July 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to provide an update to Parliament on the independent review into additional support for learning, which was led by Angela Morgan.