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-28247
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason 768 Scottish Fire and Rescue Service jobs were lost between 2010 and 2014 and what risk assessment was done to underpin this loss.
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Question reference: S4W-28300
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has awarded to the World Pipe Band Championships in each year since 2008.
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Question reference: S4W-28299
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has awarded for fringe events at the Royal National Mod in each year since 2008.
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Question reference: S4W-28265
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has provided to help fund the Royal National Mod in each of the last seven years.
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Question reference: S4W-28263
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has provided to the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland in each of the last seven years.
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Question reference: S4W-28264
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a ringfenced traditional arts budget to fund Scottish music and song.
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Question reference: S4W-28001
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what the IT spend has been for the Registers of Scotland in each of the last 12 months, broken down by (a) temporary staff costs, (b) external fees, (c) equipment costs, (d) maintenance costs and (e) technical services costs.
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Question reference: S4W-28018
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the availability of flu vaccines at local pharmacies.
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Question reference: S4W-28196
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 5 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government what its position on introducing speed awareness courses; whether it would consider using these as an alternative to prosecuting drivers for low-end speeding offences, and, if so, how it would encourage the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to use it as a means of case disposal.
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Question reference: S4W-28080
- Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 October 2015
- Current Status: Answered by Maureen Watt on 4 November 2015
To ask the Scottish Government how it is measuring the impact of the voluntary approach to supporting healthy choices in food and drink consumption, and what alternative approaches it has considered should it conclude that this has been unsuccessful.
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