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-27197
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what principles and policies guide the undertaking of islands impact assessments.
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Question reference: S6W-27196
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the four-day working week public sector pilot.
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Question reference: S6W-27235
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any research that it has commissioned into the functions of the Law Officers, including the scope of any such research and its anticipated timescales.
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Question reference: S6W-27250
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment to generate 50% of Scotland’s overall energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030 and decarbonising the energy system almost completely by 2050.
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Question reference: S6W-27230
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many people on the Sex Offenders Register notified Police Scotland that they had formally or informally changed their name, or had used an alias, in the financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-27218
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its answer to question S6W-25684 by Tom Arthur on 4 March 2024, whether it will consider calculating discrete Scottish public sector net debt and publishing this in the annual Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report.
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Question reference: S6W-27254
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will report on the introduction of a working group for the delivery of the Onshore Wind Sector Deal for Scotland, and the forthcoming publication of a paper identifying the skills needed to deliver Scotland’s climate ambitions.
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Question reference: S6W-27227
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had in the last 24 months with the office of the Scottish Information Commissioner regarding the vulnerable persons database that is operated by Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-27208
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what requirement exists for the maintenance of minimum standards of cleanliness and physical decency in cells in prisons and custody suites.
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Question reference: S6W-27256
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timescale for its commitment to designate at least one new National Park in Scotland by 2026.
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