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: S4W-21670
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 18 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-21240, S4W-21241, S4W-21243 and S4W-21244 by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014, what the timescale is to develop a strategy for (a) the long-term transformation of residential care, (b) supported housing, (c) co-housing and (d) intermediate care in order to comply with the recommendations of the Task Force on the Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-21669
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 17 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken, in conjunction with the Scottish Qualifications Authority, to ensure that pupils continue to have the opportunity to study geology at Higher level and beyond from 2015.
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Question reference: S4W-21599
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 June 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when a CT scanner will be operational in NHS Orkney.
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Question reference: S4W-21285
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 5 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) men and (b) women began a level (i) 2, (ii) 3, (iii) 4 and (iv) 5 modern apprenticeship in each year from 2011-12.
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Question reference: S4W-21300
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of providing ICT systems in the Registers of Scotland has been in each year since 2007-08.
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Question reference: S4W-21302
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many severance packages in excess of £200,000 were given to Registers of Scotland staff in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-21286
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprenticeship starts there were in 2013-14 in each of the growth sectors outlined in The Government Economy Strategy.
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Question reference: S4W-21301
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 4 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the ICT systems are in place for the collection of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax from April 2015.
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Question reference: S4W-21287
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 3 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what the initial budget of the Scottish College for Educational Leadership (SCEL) will be; how much of it has already been allocated to the SCEL; from which budget line the funding will come, and whether the SCEL is on track to be fully operational by August 2014.
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Question reference: S4W-21240
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 2 June 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to address the lack of funding for investment in the home care sector as noted in the report, Recommendations for the Future of Residential Care for Older People in Scotland.
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