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-06108
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the Centre for Cities report, Cities Outlook 2022, showing that Aberdeen city centre and Dundee city centre lost 39 and 32 weeks of sales, respectively, between March 2020 and September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-06110
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement of the winners of the ScotWind offshore wind leasing auction by Crown Estate Scotland, what assessment it has made of the timeframe for the consenting process.
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Question reference: S6W-06107
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to farmers in the north east, in light of the recently reported outbreak of avian flu in Aberdeenshire.
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Question reference: S6W-06112
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions it has had with the UK Government in relation to the delivery of freeports in Scotland; when it anticipates that freeports will be established in Scotland, and where these will be located.
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Question reference: S6W-05965
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs it estimates will be created from the 17 ScotWind projects, broken down by region.
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Question reference: S6W-05966
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 11 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that Scottish and UK supply chains benefit from the 17 ScotWind projects.
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Question reference: S6T-00499
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Fire Brigades Union on its plans to remove the bottom of classroom doors.
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Question reference: S6W-05969
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards delivering its commitment to increase the resourcing of the Scottish Funding Council in 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-05970
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made towards establishing outcome-focused, common monitoring criteria with Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council, which it committed to do in the 2017 Enterprise and Skills Review.
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Question reference: S6W-05968
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will issue letters of guidance to Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council outlining its expectations for collaborative working to implement skills alignment, which was recommended in Audit Scotland’s report, Planning for Skills.
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