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-12838
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of further education students comprises care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties and (e) learning disabilities.
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Question reference: S4W-12833
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties and (e) learning disabilities are in further education.
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Question reference: S4W-12835
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties and (e) learning disabilities are in employment.
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Question reference: S4W-12837
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of higher education students comprises care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties and (e) learning disabilities.
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Question reference: S4W-12834
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 28 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties and (e) learning disabilities are in higher education.
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Question reference: S4W-12832
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 27 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support care leavers and people with (a) autism spectrum disorders, (b) Asperger syndrome, (c) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and (d) social, emotional behavioural difficulties into employment.
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Question reference: S4W-12666
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the heat produced at the Steven's Croft Biomass Power Station in Lockerbie is used and how much is vented.
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Question reference: S4W-12617
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 11 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, prior to issuing its news release on 23 January 2013 on fuel poverty, what discussions it had with Ofgem regarding the investigation into claims of wholesale energy price fixing and whether the regulator indicated to it that the investigation had concluded.
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Question reference: S4W-12497
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government when it first informed the UK Government that it wanted to table its six-point list of demands on fuel poverty at the joint energy summit held on 24 January 2013.
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Question reference: S4W-12496
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 6 February 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with the UK Government regarding the agenda for the joint energy summit that was held on 24 January 2013 and when it advised the UK Government that it had prepared the news release, which was published on 23 January 2013, containing its six-point list of demands on fuel poverty.
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