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-26101
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 22 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on delivering on the recommendations of the review of the Town Centres Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-25978
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 20 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many two-year-olds received the 1,140 hours of funded childcare in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-26100
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 19 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on delivering on the recommendations of the City Centre Recovery Taskforce.
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Question reference: S6W-25981
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 15 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Town Centre Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-25979
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how (a) many families have received support and (b) much has been spent from the Whole Family Wellbeing Funding to date, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-25980
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the City Centre Recovery Task Force.
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Question reference: S6W-25970
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the proposed introduction of a non-domestic rates public health supplement on retailers, as set out in its Budget for 2024-25, would result in any grocery stores liable for the surtax paying the highest business rate poundage in the UK.
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Question reference: S6O-03200
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken regarding the incorporation of the definition of deafblindness into the work of Social Security Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-25654
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with organisations to facilitate the development of leadership programmes to upskill and resource educational leaders to tackle gender inequality in education and learning, as part of the Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning.
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Question reference: S6W-25659
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 February 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to develop and deliver survivor-centred and trauma informed policies and procedures with regards to the Gender Equality Taskforce in Education and Learning.