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-10519
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made any funding available for the Scottish Seabird Centre in order to access surveillance technology to assess the impact of avian influenza within the northern gannet population on the Bass Rock and the Isle of May.
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Question reference: S6W-10357
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalties for the offence of fly-tipping have been issued in each year since 2007, and how many of these have been paid.
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Question reference: S6W-10358
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the maximum fine of £2,500 for the offence of littering.
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Question reference: S6W-10353
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the maximum fine of £40,000 for the offence of fly-tipping.
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Question reference: S6O-01352
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Recorded Crime in Scotland statistics.
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Question reference: S6W-10355
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalties for the offence of littering have been issued in each year since 2007, and how many of these have been paid.
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Question reference: S6W-10354
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the £80 fixed penalty fine for the offence of littering.
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Question reference: S6W-10356
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the £200 fixed penalty fine for the offence of fly-tipping.
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Question reference: S6F-01338
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022
To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of overtime in Scotland’s NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-09856
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the potential impact of avian influenza on the upcoming shooting season.