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-09025
- 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 extend the deadline for the Local Rail Development Fund in order that current grantees can complete their appraisals.
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Question reference: S6W-09016
- 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 local authority, based on the latest information available.
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Question reference: S6O-01305
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s call for the closure of unlicensed greyhound racing tracks in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-09020
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with the seasonal worker employment sponsor agencies in relation to supporting Ukrainian nationals on seasonal work visas in Scotland to access the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-09019
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the support needs of Ukrainian nationals on seasonal work visas in Scotland following the introduction by the UK Government of the Ukraine Extension Scheme on 3 May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-09021
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any correspondence with the UK Government in relation to providing routes to permanent settlement for Ukrainian nationals who have arrived in Scotland with limited leave to remain, through the Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-09018
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of Ukrainian nationals on seasonal work visas who are currently resident in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-09023
- 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 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence it has had with CrossCrountry Trains in relation to the cancellation of services to and from Fife following the introduction of the operator’s new timetable on 15 May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-09026
- 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 21 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to include project proposals from Local Rail Development Fund grantees as part of its consideration of rail infrastructure investment in Control Period 7.
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Question reference: S6W-09015
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 20 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when local authorities will receive funding to support the development of Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies.
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