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: S6F-02250
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2023
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the future and viability of rural schools.
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Question reference: S6O-02389
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the newest developments are in the creation of Scottish Parliament apps to allow the public easier access to parliamentary business papers and other resources.
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Question reference: S6W-18287
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether there have been any cuts to the funding set out in the Level 3 budget lines that were published in the Scottish Budget 2023-24 as a result of the teacher pay settlement agreed in March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-17956
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16779 by Patrick Harvie on 27 April 2023, how households will be successfully engaged with, as part of Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES) delivery plans, in order to take action to retrofit their homes with energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures.
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Question reference: S6W-18198
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm the initial amount of funding that was set aside for a provisional teacher pay settlement in December 2022, when the Scottish Budget 2023-24 was first published, and how much additional funding is required from the 2023-24 Budget to pay for the final pay settlement, agreed in March 2023, which cost £188 million.
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Question reference: S6W-18286
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm what Level 3 budget line(s) funded the teacher pay settlement, agreed in March 2023, and how much funding came from each individual budget line.
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Question reference: S6W-18083
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 1 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many documents it has sent to the National Records of Scotland to be archived, since the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister.
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Question reference: S6O-02341
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the outcomes will be of the proposed summit on tackling violence in schools, which was announced by the education secretary on 24 May.
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Question reference: S6W-18087
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many electronic messages it has sent to the National Records of Scotland to be archived, since the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister.
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Question reference: S6W-17959
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16779 by Patrick Harvie on 27 April 2023, where there are any specific anticipated functions for local authorities to deliver elements of the Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES) delivery plans, such as communication, coordination, monitoring and complaints, what funding will be made available for the fulfilment of any such functions that is commensurate with the cost.
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