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: S5W-06028
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 20 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is using birth-rate data to plan its phased expansion of childcare provision and, if so, how.
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Question reference: S5W-06027
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Mark McDonald on 20 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many people provide early years childcare services, broken down by people employed by (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary providers, and what information it has regarding their levels of qualifications.
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Question reference: S5F-00758
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2017
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S5W-05825
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much in (a) capital and (b) additional costs of non-profit distributing projects has been paid upfront by the organisations operating them.
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Question reference: S5W-05823
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 12 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the full (a) capital and (b) lifetime (i) borrowing and (ii) maintenance cost will be of the (A) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie Tipperty, (B) Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre, (C) Royal Hospital for Sick Children/Department of Clinical Neurosciences, (D) Dumfries acute services redevelopment and (E) new Orkney hospital and healthcare facilities project; how the costs will be accommodated in its (1) budget and (2) capital borrowing allocation, and whether extra costs, including long-term debt and interest repayments, will be incurred by the organisation that will operate the completed project.
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Question reference: S5W-05824
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 11 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what profits will be made by each company involved with the (a) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie Tipperty, (b) Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre, (c) Royal Hospital for Sick Children/Department of Clinical Neurosciences, (d) Dumfries acute services redevelopment and (e) new Orkney hospital and healthcare facilities project, including from long-term (i) interest and (ii) fees.
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Question reference: S5F-00736
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2017
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S5O-00493
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how its proposed new climate change targets will take account of the Paris Agreement's goal of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
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Question reference: S5F-00651
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2016
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S5F-00617
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.