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-36134
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 24 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S5W-34670 by Paul Wheelhouse on 10 February 2021, whether it will provide an update on (a) discussions held to identify premises that can be progressed early in the build programme for the North Lot area and (b) plans to deploy 16 subsea cables to islands, as a result of the contract award.
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Question reference: S5W-35919
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) design capacity, (b) number of occupants and (c) occupancy rate was in each prison in each of the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S5W-36128
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has (a) received or (b) requested an update from Police Scotland or the Scottish Police Authority on the launch of the service-wide staff survey; whether the results will be comparable to the 2015 survey either (i) in part or (ii) in full, and on what date the results will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-36133
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects survey and remodelling work in the North Lot area for the R100 Programme to be completed, and whether it will publish a roll-out plan that includes an estimated completion date for the North Lot area.
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Question reference: S5W-36135
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to inclusion of free bus travel for under-22s in its budget, what steps it is taking to provide free ferry travel for under-22s who are living in island communities.
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Question reference: S5W-36138
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the proposed locations of the remaining nine Innovation hubs being launched as part of the S5G Connect Programme in 2021 will be announced.
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Question reference: S5W-36136
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many devices have been allocated to each local authority as part of the Connecting Scotland programme and how many devices have been distributed in each local authority area in phase (a) one and (b) two of the programme.
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Question reference: S5W-35230
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with island (a) NHS boards, (b) local authorities and (c) travel providers, including Loganair, Northlink Ferries and Pentland Ferries, regarding the (i) feasibility of and (ii) requirement for COVID-19 testing at island entry points.
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Question reference: S5W-35825
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the new toolkit by the Infralink programme will be launched, and how it will help to support the roll-out of 4G and 5G infrastructure.
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Question reference: S5W-35826
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the proposed site locations for the 124 mobile masts that will be erected under the Shared Rural Network Programme; what the timeframe is confirming these site locations, and what support the Infralink programme will provide to securing them.