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-09698
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that all Marine Scotland staff receive any overdue pay for specified leave days.
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Question reference: S6W-09362
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: Programme pipeline update (March 2022), whether it will provide an update on what commercial discussions Transport Scotland has had with Peel Ports regarding infrastructure work at Ardrossan Harbour.
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Question reference: S6W-09361
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: Programme pipeline update (March 2022), which second-hand vessels have been considered for purchase by CMAL since 1 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-09358
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: Programme pipeline update (March 2022), which was published on 15 June 2022, whether it will provide a breakdown of the increase in the cost of tenders for contracts in the Skye Triangle Infrastructure Programme, and what proportion of the budget for that programme has been spent to date.
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Question reference: S6W-09360
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26: Programme pipeline update (March 2022), what assessment it has made of the number of full-time equivalent (a) manufacturing, (b) seafarer and (b) port jobs that could be created in Scotland from the (i) CMAL Net Vessel Investment and (ii) Piers and Harbours Grants programmes.
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Question reference: S6W-09359
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the current timelines are for (a) delivering the vessel concept design and (b) the award of the first vessel construction contract in the Small Vessel Replacement Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-09699
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with Unite the Union representatives regarding the pay dispute with Marine Scotland workers.
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Question reference: S6W-09571
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend freedom of information legislation to all care providers in receipt of public funding.
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Question reference: S6W-09663
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made regarding the exploratory research undertaken by KSO Research on understanding the use of remand, which was announced on 25 January 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-09665
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of prisoners (a) are currently and (b) in 2021-22 were on remand awaiting trial for more than 140 days.
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