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-12407
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 14 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11423 by Mark McDonald on 2 October 2017, how the Independent Care Review will take account of the views of young care-experienced offenders.
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Question reference: S5W-12261
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 13 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the City of Edinburgh Council's draft budget proposal to close the Edinburgh Music School and, in light of the potential educational and cultural impact of any closure, what action ministers can take or plan.
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Question reference: S5W-11299
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 10 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recent police raids on the Kurdish Community Centre in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S5W-12264
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the proposed closure of the Museum on the Mound in Edinburgh, and whether it has met, or plans to meet, Lloyds Banking Group to discuss this.
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Question reference: S5W-12352
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will allow the community interest buyout by London Road Church in Edinburgh to be registered under the terms of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, and when it expects to announce its decision.
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Question reference: S5W-12426
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the decision on whether to allow the community interest buyout by London Road Church in Edinburgh to go ahead has been delayed.
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Question reference: S5W-12263
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what funding and support it provides to initiatives that deliver financial education to young people.
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Question reference: S5W-12262
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how its action fund to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness will specifically address the needs of care-experienced young people.
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Question reference: S5W-12260
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it had with care-experienced young people before allocating resources to its rough sleeping and homelessness action fund.
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Question reference: S5O-01435
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of recent reports regarding sexual harassment, how it intends to influence the gender composition of the Corporate Body and Parliamentary Bureau.
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