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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 8820 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S5W-11844
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is allocating to the Fair Start Scotland programme in each of the next six years, also broken down by how many people it expects will be supported by it.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11881
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 27 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11227 by Jamie Hepburn on 21 September 2017, whether it will provide a breakdown of self-employment income by type in each year since 1999.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11880
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 26 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the accounts of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Island Enterprise in the first week of September in each year to aid financial scrutiny, given that it understands they are signed-off at the start of each summer.
Answer
Question reference: S5O-01397
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to review the operation of the Scottish Futures Trust to help improve transparency.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11772
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish Whole Government Accounts.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11773
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a full set of public sector assets and liabilities.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11777
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial implications for the block grant, in cash terms, of a growth rate in Scotland that is lower than the rest of the UK.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11894
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) passenger and (b) freight cargo airlines use Glasgow Prestwick Airport, broken down by the number of flights each day.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11896
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many tonnes of freight cargo have (a) departed from and (b) arrived at Glasgow Prestwick Airport (i) since April 2017 and (ii) in each year since 2015, also broken down by airline.
Answer
Question reference: S5W-11895
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 24 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many passengers have (a) departed from and (b) arrived at Glasgow Prestwick Airport (i) since April 2017 and (ii) in each year since 2015, also broken down by airline.
Answer
![](/assets/images/loader.gif)