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-19496
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of leases that were not notifiable for Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) purposes being subject to penalties under the LBTT late returns review.
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Question reference: S5W-19495
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns have been submitted following the three-year review return date that were (a) within one to three and (b) over three months late.
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Question reference: S5W-19497
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to businesses that are tenants and are being served with Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) return reminders after their solicitors filed their initial returns.
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Question reference: S5W-19696
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether its proposed homicide service will be available to the families of all people who have been unlawfully killed and not only victims of homicide.
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Question reference: S5W-19346
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the accessibility of the National Records of Scotland in terms of (a) affordability and (b) distance from local family history centres.
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Question reference: S5W-19607
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many training places for radiotherapists there have been in each year since 2012-13, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-19608
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many graduate radiotherapists have joined the NHS in each year since 2012-13, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S5W-19606
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to encourage radiotherapy graduates who are trained in Scotland to find employment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-19547
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 1 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on national and local public bodies in the health and social care sector in Scotland using exceptions under the Equality Act 2010; what its position is on issuing guidance to these bodies regarding such use; what information it has regarding how often exceptions are used and their impact, and what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this.
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Question reference: S5W-19345
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to revise the pricing structure of accessing the National Records of Scotland (a) online and (b) in person.