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-02714
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the in-work conditionality aspect of universal credit.
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Question reference: S5T-01362
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Prime Minister’s reported position that the proposed Brexit deal ensures that the UK will be an independent coastal state with full control over its waters.
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Question reference: S5O-02625
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent the UK Government has consulted with it regarding the draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-19781
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for crisis grants in the last 12 months were due to delays in benefits payments.
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Question reference: S5W-19782
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many crisis grant (a) applications and (b) awards there have been in the last quarter, broken down by local authority; what the average grant was, and how many applications were due to delays in benefits payments.
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Question reference: S5W-19233
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many unannounced site visits there have been by the Fish Health Inspectorate to fish farms in (a) the Western Isles and (b) Scotland in the last year.
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Question reference: S5O-02503
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in securing work for the Arnish fabrication yard on the Isle of Lewis.
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Question reference: S5W-18863
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of high levels of wild and farmed salmon mortalities in Loch Roag, Isle of Lewis.
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Question reference: S5F-02618
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 September 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2018
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will use the Social Metrics Commission’s new framework for tackling poverty.
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Question reference: S5W-18165
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 7 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons will be learned from the recent breakdown of MV Loch Seaforth in terms of the ability of Calmac’s fleet to cope with the breakdown of one or more major vessels.