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: S5W-03615
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will increase the resources available to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to carry out sustainable deer management pending the outcome of the SNH deer management review.
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Question reference: S5W-03617
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much Scottish Natural Heritage has spent on deer management in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-03616
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 27 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been employed by Scottish Natural Heritage to undertake deer management in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5W-02925
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost of a cancelled or rearranged hospital appointment is.
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Question reference: S5W-02926
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many hospital appointments in NHS Lanarkshire were rearranged due to cancellations to patient transport arranged through the Scottish Ambulance Service in each year since 2013.
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Question reference: S5W-02698
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how it will spend the £500 million investment on energy efficiency programmes over the next four years that it announced in the 2016-17 Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-02128
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the results of its assessment of whether smaller and rural businesses are able to complete on an even playing field for energy efficient measures.
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Question reference: S5W-02701
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) Pathfinder Fund, and how many were approved.
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Question reference: S5W-02702
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £14 million for the Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) Pathfinder Fund remains unallocated.
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Question reference: S5W-02700
- Asked by: Claudia Beamish, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the pilot projects that have received support from the Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) Pathfinder Fund.