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: S5T-00972
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Youth Theatre regarding its future.
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Question reference: S5O-01898
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 March 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it can provide to Cowdenbeath FC with its Club 135 campaign, Honour the Past, Ensure a Future, which aims to secure the future of the club.
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Question reference: S5W-14250
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many responses it has received to each of its two consultations on proposals to classify 15 special protection areas (SPA) in the Scottish marine area, and when it expects to make a decision on formal classification.
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Question reference: S5W-13918
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reports that 79 jobs at the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) are at risk because of restructuring plans, and what discussions it has had with NTS regarding (a) these plans and (b) staff numbers.
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Question reference: S5W-13917
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken in response to each of the "issues for consideration" that were set out at chapter six of A Retrospective 2014/15 Evaluation of the Youth Music Initiative.
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Question reference: S5W-13921
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many and what percentage of (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled children and young people have received support from (i) the youth music initiative programme and (ii) each Sistema Scotland project (A) in and (B) out of school in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) gender, (2) age, (3) social grade, (4) Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) cohort, (5) constituency and (6) parliamentary region.
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Question reference: S5W-13920
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of report by the Arts Council England, Literature in the 21st Century: Understanding Models of Support for Literary Fiction, what analysis it has carried out on the state of the publishing sector in Scotland, including what information it has regarding how many full-time authors there are, and what support it provides to the sector.
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Question reference: S5O-01713
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 24 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Fife and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5O-01642
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 11 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Fife College and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S5W-13492
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 December 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the status of the four proposed Nature Conservation marine protected areas, identified to protect a host of marine species and habitats in Scotland and for which Scottish Natural Heritage provided formal advice in 2014 and what measures it is taking to ensure the conservation status of these species and habitats in the meantime.
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