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: S4O-01584
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to monitor the fairness and transparency of pharmacy applications and appeals.
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Question reference: S4W-11177
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 23 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers with physical education as their primary subject are employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools and how many there were in (i) 2011, (ii) 2010, (iii) 2009, (iv) 2008 and (v) 2007.
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Question reference: S4O-01532
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to give access to college places to those on waiting lists.
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Question reference: S4W-10329
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what savings the Scottish Futures Trust has made from its Property Asset Management Programme; what the estimated savings are for each of the next five years and how these will be achieved.
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Question reference: S4W-10614
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 15 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in each local authority area are defined as empty or uninhabited, broken down by (a) social and (b) privately owned housing.
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Question reference: S4O-01458
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what work is being undertaken to address IT performance issues in the Parliament and in constituency offices.
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Question reference: S4O-01485
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to reviewing sentencing policy.
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Question reference: S4W-10542
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 5 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding is given to (a) EDF, (b) Eon, (c) Npower, (d) Scottish Gas, (e) Scottish Power and (f) Scottish and Southern Energy through the (i) Energy Assistance Package and (ii) any other relevant energy schemes.
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Question reference: S4W-10094
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 30 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications the Student Awards Agency for Scotland has processed each year since 2007, broken down by applications for (a) tuition fees, (b) student loan, (c) Young Students' Bursary, (d) Independent Students' Bursary, (e) additional loan, (f) supplementary grant and (g) other sources of funding for (i) higher education and (ii) further education.
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Question reference: S4W-10096
- Asked by: James Kelly, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 30 October 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding the Student Awards Agency for Scotland has received each year since 2007.
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