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: S6W-09273
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to developing a natural history National Qualification.
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Question reference: S6W-09481
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, to reports that the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service is ending its links with UK partners.
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Question reference: S6W-09024
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 11 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Electric Vehicle Loan applications made in advance of the 1 December 2021 deadline are pending (a) completion and (b) delivery of an electric vehicle to the applicant.
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Question reference: S6W-09272
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration has been given to developing an expressive arts or moving image arts National Qualification.
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Question reference: S6W-09217
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 30 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the independently-chaired taskforce established to consider whether the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should be given extra powers to investigate wildlife crime, which it announced on 17 June 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-09126
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding each (a) local authority and (b) National Park will receive from its Edinburgh Process Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-09161
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 28 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the reports on the four themes of the National Partnership for Culture.
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Question reference: S6W-09022
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its proposals as part of the Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan to electrify the rail route between Perth and Dundee.
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Question reference: S6W-09014
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many journeys have been completed by young people using a free bus pass through the Young Persons' (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, based on the latest information available.
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Question reference: S6W-09017
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-07866 by Jenny Gilruth on 3 May 2022, whether it will provide updated figures on how many young people have now received a free bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme, broken down by age range, based on the latest information available.
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