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: S5T-00119
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will quash the convictions and cautions issued to people for now-abolished gay sexual offences and issue pardons.
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Question reference: S5F-00392
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 October 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 October 2016
To ask the First Minister when she last met ScotRail.
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Question reference: S5W-03124
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many grants were (a) available and (b) awarded through funding from Scotland’s Employer Recruitment Incentive in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-03121
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who do not complete modern apprenticeships regarding (a) access to other programmes and (b) funding.
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Question reference: S5F-00341
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 October 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2016
To ask the First Minister when she will next meet HIV Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-03123
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support Skills Development Scotland offers to small and medium-sized enterprises to provide training for modern apprentices.
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Question reference: S5W-03122
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it offers to organisations that use funding from Scotland’s Employer Recruitment Incentive to provide further training and development for modern apprentices.
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Question reference: S5W-02539
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 29 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to support research and development in each year since 2006, also expressed as a percentage of GDP.
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Question reference: S5W-02727
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support the growth of the fintech sector in (a) Edinburgh and (b) Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-02970
- Asked by: Kezia Dugdale, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 28 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authorities have indicated that they wish to use the powers granted to them by the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 regarding localising the business rate relief scheme and, if so, what support it will provide.
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