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: S4W-02025
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to respond to the Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-02093
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports a single, unified smartcard system for use across the public transport system.
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Question reference: S4W-01864
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with COSLA regarding the funding of family mediation and couple counselling services.
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Question reference: S4W-01841
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much revenue it expects the Forth Replacement Crossing to create and secure and whether it will provide details of the methodology used to produce its figures.
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Question reference: S4W-01860
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been given to family mediation services in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S4W-01840
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it expects the Forth Replacement Crossing to create and secure and whether it will provide details of the methodology used to produce its figures.
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Question reference: S4W-01863
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it promotes and supports mediation and other related services specifically for families that are dealing with separation.
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Question reference: S4W-01862
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has provided to national family relationship support organisations, broken down by (a) organisation and (b) grant awarded in each year since 2007.
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Question reference: S4W-01861
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it encourages and supports local authority-run mediation services.
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Question reference: S4W-01838
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed with Creative Scotland theatres and theatre groups having a spending limit of 15% of grants awarded to take productions on tour outside Scotland and, if so, whether it has encouraged Creative Scotland to review this limit.
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