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-00835
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the National Transition Training Fund, in regard to its net zero ambitions.
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Question reference: S6W-00640
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to calls for an investigation into the wildlife deaths at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
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Question reference: S6W-00649
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what advice was given to hospitals on the discharge of older people from hospitals to care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00915
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether patient representatives have been consulted about the final terms of the Framework on Chronic Pain Delivery in advance of these being presented to Ministers, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-00916
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement the Clinical Priorities Unit has had with patient representatives on the National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain.
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Question reference: S6W-00900
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Historic Environment Scotland regarding protecting historic buildings from the effects of climate change.
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Question reference: S6W-00872
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place to ensure that everyone facing delays in receiving pain relief injections receive their treatment as soon as possible, and what assessment it has carried out of the impact of these delays on people’s health.
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Question reference: S6W-00914
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the National Advisory Committee on Chronic Pain will report to Ministers on a new Framework on Chronic Pain Delivery.
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Question reference: S6W-00875
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many children in each (a) local authority and (b) NHS board area have been born drug-dependent in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S6W-00871
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Clinical Priorities Unit began issuing the most recent guidance provided by the Faculty of Pain Medicine, the changes of which came into effect on 29 July 2020.