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-09000
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many care leavers aged between 19 and 21 were given guidance and assistance under Section 29(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 over the last five years by age, broken down by (a) age and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-09001
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many care leavers under the age of 21, who have left school have received financial assistance under Section 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 over the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-09002
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government how many care leavers under the age of 21, who have left school have been declined financial assistance under Section 30 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 over the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) local authority area.
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Question reference: S4W-08993
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to ensure that young people living near to the construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing are able to benefit from the training and job opportunities it is creating.
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Question reference: S4W-08992
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 August 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 August 2012
To ask the Scottish Government which education provider is responsible for filling modern apprenticeship places arising from the Forth Replacement Crossing construction.
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Question reference: S4W-08510
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what standards are appropriate for ballast water exchange at ports near or contiguous with sites protected under the EU birds and habitats directives.
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Question reference: S4W-08512
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what communication it has had with Orkney Islands Council regarding the proposal to authorise ballast water releases in the sheltered harbour of Scapa Flow.
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Question reference: S4W-08509
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers the transfer of ballast water a potential route for invasive non-native species to marine habitats in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-08511
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the "polluter pays" principle, as described in the draft Code of Practice on Non-native Species, would apply if ballast water exchange led to the introduction of damaging invasive non-native species.
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Question reference: S4W-08513
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 16 July 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it can take when a local authority or harbour authority approves a scheme for ballast water discharge against the advice of Scottish Natural Heritage or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
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