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-01423
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Orkney residents are registered with a NHS dentist and, of them, attend for regular dental check-ups.
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Question reference: S4W-01421
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time for registration is with a NHS dentist in (a) Scotland and (b) Orkney.
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Question reference: S4W-01223
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the warm homes fund will be targeted to benefit the people most affected by fuel poverty.
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Question reference: S4W-01221
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its timetable is for introducing the warm homes fund.
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Question reference: S4W-01222
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 22 July 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how the warm homes fund will operate.
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Question reference: S4W-00538
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what reminders were sent to students by the Students Awards Agency for Scotland regarding the deadline for applications for payment of tuition fees in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and what the reason is for any difference between these.
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Question reference: S4W-00537
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the deadline for applications to the Students Awards Agency for Scotland for payment of tuition fees was moved from 30 June in 2009-10 to 31 March in 2010-11.
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Question reference: S4W-00539
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many students applied to the Students Awards Agency for Scotland for payment of their tuition fees in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
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Question reference: S4W-00540
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or the Students Awards Agency for Scotland has made an assessment of the number of students who missed the deadline for applying for payment of their tuition fees in 2010-11 as a result of the deadline being three months earlier than in 2009-10 and, if so, what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S4W-00484
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 June 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 16 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to match the number of places allocated for teacher training with the number of teaching posts available.