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: S5O-00828
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of public support for a second referendum on Scotland leaving the UK.
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Question reference: S5W-07610
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether problems have been encountered with utility service diversions on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) and, if so, what impact these could have on (a) the programme and (b) its completion date.
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Question reference: S5O-00743
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 8 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the recently announced 371 new teacher training places will be at the University of Aberdeen.
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Question reference: S5W-06816
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding (a) it and (b) the National Lottery will provide toward the sportscotland Sport Facilities Fund in (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.
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Question reference: S5W-06818
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05557 by Shona Robison on 10 January 2017, how many additional ambulances will become operational in the NHS Grampian region as a result of the 32 newly-trained paramedics being deployed there.
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Question reference: S5W-06817
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications have been made to the sportscotland Sport Facilities Fund in 2016-17 and how (a) many have been approved and (b) much has been awarded.
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Question reference: S5W-06819
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-05557 by Shona Robison on 10 January 2017, whether the 200 new ambulance technicians, who are to be recruited to replace existing technicians moving into paramedic roles, will be trained to the same standards and qualifications as the staff whom they are replacing.
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Question reference: S5W-07060
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its statement on Scotland’s ferry services on 2 February 2017, what steps it will take to reassure Serco NorthLink staff and their trade union representatives over the continuity of contractual terms and conditions of employment should an extension to the existing contract be required; by what date any contract extension will have to be produced by Transport Scotland, and whether it will consult the recognised trade unions before signing any contract extension with the existing employer.
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Question reference: S5W-07063
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government further to its statement on Scotland’s ferry services on 2 February 2017, on what date its discussions with Serco NorthLink on extending the existing contract for Northern Isles ferry services began.
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Question reference: S5W-07064
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what stage it has reached in its discussions with the Royal Bank of Scotland regarding the leasing arrangements for the (a) Hrossey, (b) Hjaltland and (c) Hamnavoe passenger ferries deployed on the Northern Isles Ferry Service contract, and whether it will commit to making savings from revised leasing arrangements for these vessels as part of (i) the existing and (ii) any future contracts.
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